UNIT-2, 7 - Mousse and Mousseline
UNIT-2, 7 - Mousse and Mousseline
UNIT-2, 7 - Mousse and Mousseline
5TH SEMESTER
IHM BHUBANESWAR
1. Mousse means froth/ foam and mousseline means smooth like muslin.
2, Mousse can be fior many portion and mousseline are prepare uni portion.
3. Mousseline in addition also means presence of cream like mousseline sauce- hollandise
with cream, mousseline potato- duchess with lightly whipped cream,
The terms mousse and mousseline are often used inter-changeably and confused with each other.
Mousse
The cold mousse is a delicacy that is sure to delight the eye and please the palate as well. A mousse
can be defined as a mixture of cooked ingredients, pureed and held together with gelatin,
mayonnaise or aspic jelly, then enriched with cream and sometimes flavored with wine. The
mousse is always served cold, very often attractively moulded.
A mousse is made with cooked meat, fish, poultry and nowadays, increasingly with vegetables. The
method of preparation is the same for all recipes, whatever the ingredients used. The ingredients are
first pureed, and then mixed with a binding agent like gelatin. Then cream and seasoning are blended
in. Mousse is often served on the cold buffet and at times for luncheon.
Basic Mousse
Cooked Meat : 450gms
Chicken, fish, rabbit, boneless
Reduced Aspic Jelly : 200ml
Thick Béchamel/Veloute : 60gms
Double Cream : 150ml
Salt and Pepper : to taste
Lobster Mousse
Cooked Lobster Meat : 400gms
Aspic Jelly : 150ml (concentrated)
Béchamel : 60gms
Double Cream : 150ml
Salt and pepper : to taste
Asparagus Mousse
Asparagus Spears (cooked) : 450gms
Chicken Veloute : 100gms
Lemon Juice : 1 tsp
Aspic Jelly : 200ml (concentrated)
Double Cream : 150ml
Salt and Pepper : to taste
Puree the Asparagus; add lemon juice, veloute and the aspic jelly.
Fold in the cream and the seasoning.
Various flavored mousse can also be used as a filling for various items such as barquettes,
vol-au-vents and cucumbers, tomatoes and mushroom caps.
Mousseline
Mousseline is made out of a combination of uncooked meat that are pureed bound with egg white and
sometimes cream. They are set by cooking.
Normally, the forcemeat for a mousseline is made out of fish. The raw fish is processed along with
egg white to a fine paste. Seasoning and a little cream can be incorporated towards the end of the
processing. The mixture may be flavored with herbs like dill and parsley. It is then spooned into
moulds like a timbale and then covered and steamed until the mixture has set. Mousseline can be
served hot or chilled in the refrigerator and then serve cold. Fish like salmon, trout, sole and other
light white fish are normally used. Shell-fish like crab, shrimp, prawn and lobster are also popular.
Mousseline is a good way to use trimmings and leftovers while pre-preparing fish. Besides fish, other
ingredients like ham can also be used to make mousseline. Small timbales of mousseline can also be
used as an accompaniment of the main course and also to decorate the cold meat platters that are set
out on a buffet presentation.