Recipe Category: Dessert
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Ingredients
- 1 package (4-serving size) sugar-free lemon gelatin
- 3/4 cup (180 ml) boiling water
- 3 ounces (85 g) Neufchatel cheese or light cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup (120 ml) cold water
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
- 3/4 cup (180 ml) heavy cream
- 2 teaspoons sugar-free vanilla instant pudding mix
- 2 tablespoons (15 g) almond meal
- 1/2 teaspoon polyol sweetener
Method
- Put the gelatin and the boiling water in a blender and run it for a minute or so to dissolve the gelatin
- Cut the Neufchatel cheese into chunks, add it to the blender, and run the blender again until the mixture is smooth, about 1 more minute
- Now add the cold water and the grated lemon rind and run it one more time to blend
- Pour the gelatin mixture from the blender jar into a mixing bowl and stick it in the fridge
- Your going to chill it until its just starting to thicken a bit
- Use an electric mixer to whip the heavy cream with the vanilla pudding mix until you have a good, thick topping
- When the gelatin is starting to thicken, fold 1/2 cup (40 g) of the whipped topping gently into it until everything is well blended
- Pour into four pretty dessert dishes
- Put the dessert dishes and the leftover whipped topping in the fridge
- Let the mousse chill for at least a couple of hours
- Sometime before dinner, stir the almond meal with the polyol sweetener in a skillet over medium heat until it just gets a hint of golden color
- Remove from heat
- When dessert time rolls around, top each serving of mousse with a little of the leftover whipped topping and 1 1/2 teaspoons of the toasted almond meal and serve
Makes 4 servings
- Each with 7 g protein; 4 g carbohydrate; trace dietary fiber; 4 g usable carbs
- Carb count does not include polyol sweetener
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