These simple, creamy yogurt desserts highlight mangos and can be made in 20 minutes. A great make-ahead dessert that I love to serve after Chinese New Year dinner.
Inspiration for Mango Yogurt Mousse
This week it was a very good thing that I don’t have a car. I couldn’t have been trusted on the roads. I’ve been absentminded to the max. Sunday night I fell asleep with only ten pages left to read in this magnificent (and rather intense) book, and I’ve since lost the book. In my tiny apartment. I can safely say that I’ve searched every inch of this place due, in no small part, to a rogue lizard that I chased over every surface one morning.
Mango Season Love
Mango Yogurt Mousse
Mango Yogurt Mousse
Ingredients
- 1 envelope (1 tablespoon) unflavored gelatin
- 2 cups fresh mango purée (about 2 peeled and pitted mangoes) plus mango slices for garnish
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup plain yogurt
- 1 cup well-chilled heavy cream
Instructions
- In a small saucepan sprinkle the gelatin over 1/4 cup cold water, let it soften for 1 minute, and heat the mixture over low heat, stirring, until the gelatin is dissolved. In a blender blend together the mango purée, the sugar, and the vanilla, add the gelatin mixture, and blend the mixture well. Transfer the mixture to a bowl and stir in the yogurt. In a chilled bowl beat the cream until it holds stiff peaks, fold it into the mango mixture gently but thoroughly, and divide the mousse among 6 dessert glasses. Chill the mousses for at least 4 hours or overnight. Garnish the mousses with the mango slices.
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Oh my gosh! I miss mango season. Eat some for me (and Matt and Cece).
I don’t drive my car (barely) for the same reason 🙂
The mango yogurt mousse sounds delicious. Like an edible, more decadent lassi (mango yogurt drink). Yum!
Joyti – so true! That’s just what it is like, but I didn’t make the connection until I saw your comment. I adore mango lassi. (P.S. Your blog is beautiful!)
Jess these look incredible! I love love love mango and the creaminess and smoothness and then those diced mango pieces on top – so perfect and so good looking!
Jess this looks incredible. I love mangoes! And that sticky rice you mentioned? One of my favorites!!!
A mango tree at his office?! Lucky guy! Mango season in Thailand sounds sort of like strawberry season in Sweden. It’s taken real seriously here, strawberries everywhere, in everything. I like the looks of this mousse – I wonder how it would turn out with agar agar in place of gelatin? I’ll have to get my hands on some frozen mango and give it a try!
Isn’t it amazing, Katie – he definitely gets his fill of mangos! I’d trade you a mango season for a strawberry season – I miss berries. 😉 I’d love to know how this works with agar agar! I haven’t strayed from the recipe, but a lot of the texture comes from the yogurt and the cream, so this would be a good one to play around with.
Can you make it leaner with skim milk instead of cream?
Oh my gosh this sounds so good. I loveeee mangoes! I wish I had a mango tree at my office haha
Pretty amazing, isn’t it? I get totally jealous of all those mangos he gets to eat – what a luxury!