Mousse - wikipedia Mousse For other uses, see Mousse ( disambiguation ). This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( December 2011 ) Mousse Chocolate mousse garnished with ground cinnamon Course Dessert Place of origin France Main ingredients Whipped egg whites or whipped cream, chocolate or puréed fruit Variations Chocolate, Vanilla, Strawberry, Choco Vanilla etc. Cookbook : Mousse Media : Mousse A mousse ( French ' foam ' / ˈmuːs / ) is a soft prepared food that incorporates air bubbles to give it a light and airy texture. It can range from light and fluffy to creamy and thick, depending on preparation techniques. A mousse may be sweet or savoury. Sweet mousses are typically made with whipped egg whites and flavored with one or more of chocolate, coffee, caramel, puréed fruits, or various herbs and spices, such as mint or vanilla. In the case of some chocolate mousses, egg yolks are often stirred into melted chocolate to give the final product a richer mouthfeel. Mousses are also typically chilled before being served, which gives them a denser texture. Sweetened mousse is served as a dessert, or used as an airy cake filling. It is sometimes stabilized with gelatin. Savory mousses can be made from meat, fish, shellfish, foie gras, cheese, or vegetables. Hot mousses often get their light texture from the addition of beaten egg whites. Gallery Lemon mousse with peach compote Savory salmon mousse Mousse cake See also France portal Food portal Foam ( culinary ) Bavarian cream Fruit whip Flourless chocolate cake Mousseline sauce Parfait ( food ) References ^ Jump up to : Mousse. Food Network Food Encyclopedia. Retrieved February 21, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Caramel & White Chocolate Mousse Recipe ''. VideoCulinary.com. Retrieved 2016 - 01 - 04. Jump up ^ `` How to prepare Mousse ''. Jump up ^ Hyman, Gaston ( 1977 ). Hyman, Phillip ; Hyman, Mary, eds. Lenôtre 's Desserts and Pastries ( 1st ed. ). Woodbury, New York : Barrons Educational Series Inc. p. 78. ISBN 978 - 0812051377. Jump up ^ `` Paris Confidential : The Mystery Mousse Behind The Chocolate Bar ''. NPR.org. Retrieved 2017 - 10 - 05. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chocolate mousse. Wikibooks Cookbook has a recipe / module on Chocolate Mousse Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mousse&oldid=817457772 '' Categories : French desserts Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from December 2011 All articles needing additional references Pages using deprecated image syntax Commons category with local link different than on Wikidata Talk About Wikipedia Azərbaycanca Беларуская Català Cymraeg Deutsch Español Esperanto فارسی Français 한국어 Հայերեն Bahasa Indonesia Italiano עברית ಕನ್ನಡ Latviešu Lietuvių 日本 語 Norsk Português Русский Suomi Svenska Українська Tiếng Việt 粵語 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 28 December 2017, at 14 : 24. About Wikipedia

Question: where does the mousse derive its light texture from
Answer: air bubbles