Description
A light and elegant holiday dessert featuring creamy mascarpone layered with tart cranberry compote, topped with pistachios.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups cranberries
- ½ cup sugar
- ¼ cup orange juice
- 1 tsp orange zest
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup mascarpone cheese
- 1 cup heavy cream
- ¼ cup powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ cup chopped pistachios
Instructions
- Cook cranberries, sugar, orange juice, orange zest, and vanilla in a saucepan until thickened (about 10 minutes). Cool.
- Whip heavy cream in a bowl until soft peaks form.
- In another bowl, beat mascarpone, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract until smooth.
- Fold whipped cream into the mascarpone mixture until smooth.
- Layer cranberry compote and mascarpone mousse in individual cups, starting with cranberry and ending with mousse.
- Chill in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour and garnish with chopped pistachios before serving.
Notes
Use fresh cranberries for best flavor. These mousse cups can be prepared a day in advance.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Chilling
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 240
- Sugar: 14g
- Sodium: 40mg
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 20g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 75mg
Keywords: cranberry, dessert, holiday, mousse, mascarpone