Bath Blue Cheese Mousse

5 June 2009 — Picnic, Starter

Ingredients

Serves 4

1 sachet of powdered gelatine

115g Bath Blue Cheese

1 small carton of plain yoghurt

2 eggs

150ml whipped cream

4 sprigs of watercress

How to make it

1. Disolve the gelatine in 2 tbsps of water.

2. Puree the Bath Blue together with the yoghurt and the yolks from the eggs.

3. Stir in the disolved gelatine.

4. Beat the egg whites and fold into the mixture together with the whipped cream.

5. Put into four oiled moulds and chill.

6. Turn out and garnish with with the watercress.

Recipe courtesy of ‘Grown in Britain Cookbook’ published by Dorling Kindersley. Visit the DK site to buy the book

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