Spicy Magic Pumpkin Mousse!

 I adore pumpkins ( what Autumn lover doesn't!) and am always looking for wonderful ways to serve them. Aside from being positively sunny and gorgeous as well as totally tasty, pumpkins are SO good for you, loaded as they are with beta carotene and tons of healthy fiber! 

So last night during a positively wicked  moment of craving I threw together this dessert! We were having a very spicy chili for dinner studded with chicken and butternut squash and I really was wanting a bit of sweetness at the end of the meal. I think that this came out so well that I'm going to make it for Thanksgiving Dinner! If you are sensitive to soy you can substitute bananas or avocados for the tofu. It will still be delicious, just quite a bit fruitier!

 To make my Spicy Magic Pumpkin Mousse  you will need:

1 10 oz package Silken tofu (Soft)

1/2 cup Maple syrup, Agave Nectar or Caramel
  1 cup of Coconut milk (reserve can to add more if needed)
1/2 tsp Cinnamon -- ground
1/4 tsp Ginger

1/4 teaspoon of Nutmeg

1/4 teaspoon of All Spice
1 Pinch Ground Cloves

2 heaping tablespoons of sweetened cocoa
1 Pinch Salt
2 cups of  pumpkin pie spiced  canned pumpkin

1/2 cup of raw pecans- crushed

2 tablespoons of brandy

1/4 teaspoon of good vanilla extract

1   cup of roasted sweet potato (1 small sweet potato)
6 Cinnamon Rugalach or Ginger Cookies -Crushed 

All you will need to do is put all of these ingredients in a very good blender and blend until very smooth. Add more of the coconut milk if it's too thick.

Pour into a pretty crystal bowl , individual bowls or a pie shell and refrigerate. Top with a dollop of whipped cream or soy cream and shaved chocolate or what my friend Bethane calls "Magic Maple Crystals", as shown here. 

Magic Maple Crystals are a simply wonderful blend of excellent Vietnamese Cinnamon, white sugar and maple sugar  all powdered fine in a coffee grinder and sprinkled delightfully over anything or anyone that you love!  

This is delicious on its own , but I think that it would also make a pretty incredible trifle or an excellent vegan pumpkin pie!

Make a very good wish, serve to that about to be enchanted someone and enjoy!

 

Comments

[Wendy]

yum, yum, yum...

[Judith]

this I'm going to try! any thing without eggs is a treat for me!