Description
A refined holiday dessert featuring gingerbread-spiced mousse infused with coffee, set in glossy domes, and topped with caramel notes.
Ingredients
Scale
- 150 g gingerbread cookies or firm biscuit crumbs (about 12–15 cookies)
- 60 g unsalted butter, melted
- 75 g heavy cream
- 75 g dark chocolate (60–70%)
- 1 tsp instant espresso powder or 12 g brewed espresso
- 300 g heavy cream (divided: 180 g for whipping, 120 g for custard)
- 4 large egg yolks (optional)
- 80 g granulated sugar
- 2 tbsp molasses
- 2 tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ground cloves
- 1/8 tsp ground nutmeg
- 2 tbsp instant espresso dissolved in 15 g hot water (or 40 g brewed espresso)
- 6 g powdered gelatin (or 3 sheets leaf gelatin) + 40 g cold water to bloom
- 150 g dark chocolate (for glaze)
- 120 g heavy cream (for glaze)
- 20 g light corn syrup (or glucose)
- 10 g butter (optional, for sheen)
Instructions
- Pulse gingerbread cookies in a food processor and mix with melted butter; press into the bottom of silicone molds and chill.
- Heat heavy cream and espresso; pour over chocolate, whisk until smooth, cool and pipe small discs into molds; freeze.
- Bloom gelatin in cold water. Heat 120 g cream with sugar, molasses, and spices until steaming. If using yolks, temper yolks, return to heat and cook until thickened. Stir in bloomed gelatin and espresso. Cool to 30–35°C, then fold in whipped cream carefully.
- Pipe mousse into molds halfway, insert frozen ganache discs, top with more mousse, smooth, and freeze until solid.
- Unmold domes, glaze with warm chocolate ganache or mirror glaze, and chill to defrost slightly before serving.
Notes
For a refined finish, decorate with crystallized ginger and chopped pecans. Use precise timings for blooming gelatin and cooking temperatures for best results.
- Prep Time: 45 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Freezing
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 dome
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 20g
- Sodium: 100mg
- Fat: 24g
- Saturated Fat: 14g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 90mg
Keywords: holiday dessert, mousse, gingerbread, latte, festive treat