Couscous Mango Mousse
- 1 cup water
- 3/4 cup couscous
- 4 tablespoons sugar
- 2 juice oranges, preferably Valencia
- 2 tablespoons Cointreau or other orange-flavored liqueur
- 1 ripe mango (about 1 1/4 pounds)
- 1 cup heavy (whipping) cream, chilled
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- One 8-ounce container vanilla yogurt
- In a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, bring the water to a boil.
- Add the couscous in a stream.
- Stir once.
- Remove from the heat.
- Cover and let stand until the couscous is tender, 12 to 15 minutes.
- Mix in 2 tablespoons of the sugar.
- Cover tightly and set aside.
- Scrub one of the oranges under running water and pat dry.
- With a vegetable peeler, remove the zest, being careful not to peel away any of the white pith.
- Finely mince the zest.
- Set aside.
- Squeeze the oranges to obtain about 3/4 cup of juice.
- Strain through a medium-meshed sieve into a small saucepan.
- Over medium heat, boil down the juice until it has reduced to about 2 tablespoons, and has the consistency of molten honey, 4 to 5 minutes.
- Stir in the Cointreau.
- Set aside.
- Peel the mago and cut the flesh away from the seed.
- Cut half into thin wedges and coarsely dice the rest.
- Set aside.
- In a chilled metal bowl, whip the cream until soft peaks form.
- Fold in the vanilla and the remaining sugar.
- Refrigerate 1 cup of the whipped cream for serving.
- In a medium bowl, combine the rest of the whipped cream with the yogurt and the diced mango.
- Refrigerate.
- Before serving, combine the yogurt-mango mixture with the couscous.
- Spoon equal amounts into 6 parfait glasses or small bowls.
- Top each dessert with a generous dollop of the reserved whipped cream and mango wedges.
- Drizzle with orange-Cointreau sauce, sprinkle with minced orange zest, and serve.
water, couscous, sugar, oranges, liqueur, mango, heavy, vanilla, vanilla yogurt
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/couscous-mango-mousse-recipe.html (may not work)