Lemon and Lavender Mousse with Blueberry Soup

By miss5elements

Created by Gale Gand
Oprah.com | January 01, 2006

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
• 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, cut into 8 pieces
• 1 large egg, plus 4 large egg yolks
• 1 tablespoon dried or fresh lavender blossoms
• 3/4 cup heavy cream, whipped
• 2 cups fresh (or frozen, unthawed) blueberries, plus additional fresh blueberries for garnish
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon grated fresh lemon zest
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 1 stick cinnamon

Details

Servings 8
Adapted from oprah.com

Preparation

Step 1

To make mousse: In a heatproof mixing bowl, combine sugar, lemon juice, butter, egg, egg yolks and lavender. Place over a pot of simmering water and cook, whisking constantly, until mixture thickens enough to coat the back of a spoon. Strain into a bowl set in a larger bowl of ice water and stir until cold and thickened. Fold in whipped cream. Pour mixture into each of eight 5-ounce paper cups. Freeze until firm, about 4 hours.

To make soup: In a medium saucepan, combine blueberries, sugar, 1/4 cup room temperature water, lemon zest, lemon juice and cinnamon stick. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to low and simmer 15 minutes. Let mixture cool 10 minutes. Remove and discard cinnamon stick. Puree blueberry mixture in blender until smooth. Strain through a sieve set over a bowl. Discard solids; cover soup and refrigerate.

To serve, peel paper cups off mousse and place mousse in shallow bowls. Pour soup around mousse and garnish with blueberries.