Spiced Pumpkin Mousse

Name: Spiced Pumpkin Mousse
Ingredients: one 15-ounce can pumpkin purée; 4 cup heavy cream; 1 1/2 cup white chocolate; 3/4 cup super fine sugar; 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice, or cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger; 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2 drops red food coloring; 2 drops yellow food coloring

Rene Baez|May 31, 2013 12:05 pm EST

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Decadent and flavorful, this easy dessert recipe is the perfect finishing point to your Thanksgiving dinner.

Servings

6

Ingredients

one 15-ounce can pumpkin purée
4 cup heavy cream
1 1/2 cup white chocolate
3/4 cup super fine sugar
1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice, or cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 drops red food coloring
2 drops yellow food coloring

Directions

Combine the pumpkin purée, 1 cup of the cream, the chocolate, sugar, and spice in a medium saucepan. Simmer over medium heat for 5 minutes. Cool completely.
Whip 3 cups of cream and 1 tablespoon of the vanilla to soft peaks, and fold into cooled pumpkin mixture.
Pour into a serving dish. Mix the rest of the cream and vanilla in a mixer to create the whipped cream and top the mousse with it.