Saturday, August 29, 2009

Week 3: 8/30-9/5 Mousse A L'Orange (Orange Mousse -frozen dessert), pg 603 (MOM)



KPH: (left picture)
Today was the big Mousse A L'Orange baking day. I was very excited to try this dessert because I am a big fan of orange flavored dessert, and it really looked like a tasty treat!

I got out all of my ingredients and utensils. I followed the recipe step by step and everything looked and seemed to be exactly as it should be, which is what I like. It is hard when you have never made a dish and directions are not making sense. All of the directions made sense. I used fancy dessert dishes for my mousse.

So we (KPH, Hayley, Max) had a great lunch: Vidalia Onion and Beef Burgers on the grill, chips, and corn on the cob. I went down to the freezer and brought up the dessert and decorated it quickly with whip cream and mint leaves. We all took a bite at the same time. Well, it doesn't taste very good. I do not care for the frozen consistency, the orange zest makes it a little grainy, even though I grated using the smallest hole. It also tastes a little bit bitter. There is only 1/2 cup plus 1 tbsp. sugar in the recipe, so maybe more sugar would have helped . If I did something wrong, I have absolutely no idea what it was because everything seemed fine. None of us actually finished the whole dessert, which is highly unusual. I will be very curious to hear the reports from Mom and Sar on how their mousse turned out.

It does look beautiful, though.

Rating:
Taste: 1
Ease of preparation: 4 (seemed easy!)
Presentation: 4
Price: 2
Would I make it again? Absolutely not.


Sar: (right picture)
Photo caption added by Ed.

Rating:

Taste: <1

Ease of preparation: 3

Presentation: 3.5

Price: 3

Would I make it again? I will never make this dessert again.

It was a lot of work and dirty dishes for a less than delicious result. It was bitter. Maybe I should have used smaller oranges.

If it actually had some of the orange flesh in it instead of just zest, it would probably be better.



Mom: (no picture)

Taste wasn't bad, probably not worth the effort. If I made it again (which I probably won't) I would add more sugar and less zest.

Taste: 3

Ease of Preparation: 3-4

Presentation: 3 (didn't decorate it)

Price: 2

Would I make it again? Probably not



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