Ingredients
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- For the Lychee Hibiscus Mousse:
- 2 cups lychee puree
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 cup cream cheese, softened
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tbsp dried hibiscus flowers
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tsp powdered gelatin
- 3 tbsp cold water
- For the Hibiscus Syrup Core:
- 1 cup water
- 2 tbsp dried hibiscus flowers
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup lychee juice
- 1 tsp powdered gelatin
- 1 tbsp cold water
- For the Biscuit Base:
- 1 cup digestive biscuits, finely crushed
- 3 tbsp melted butter
- For the Rose Quartz Mirror Finish:
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
- 1 cup white chocolate, finely chopped
- 1 tbsp powdered gelatin
- 3 tbsp cold water
- 1 tsp rosewater
- 1–2 drops pink food coloring (optional)
- For Garnish (optional):
- Fresh lychee halves
- Dried hibiscus petals
- Edible shimmer dust
Instructions
- Mix crushed biscuits with melted butter and press into dome molds as the base layer. Chill for 15 minutes.
- Bloom gelatin for hibiscus core in cold water for 5 minutes.
- Simmer water and hibiscus flowers for 5 minutes, strain, then stir in sugar until dissolved.
- Add lychee juice and dissolved gelatin, then pour into small inserts. Freeze until firm.
- Bloom gelatin for mousse in cold water.
- Steep hibiscus in a small portion of warm cream, then strain and cool.
- Beat cream cheese, sugar, vanilla, and lychee puree until smooth.
- Warm hibiscus-infused cream, dissolve gelatin, then mix into base.
- Whip remaining cream to soft peaks and fold into mixture.
- Fill molds halfway with mousse, add a frozen hibiscus core, then cover with remaining mousse.
- Freeze for at least 6 hours until fully set.
- Bloom gelatin for glaze in cold water.
- Heat sugar, water, and condensed milk until steaming (do not boil).
- Remove from heat and add white chocolate and gelatin, stirring until smooth.
- Blend in rosewater and optional pink coloring until glossy.
- Cool glaze to about 90°F (32°C).
- Unmold frozen domes and place on a rack.
- Pour rose quartz glaze evenly over domes until fully coated.
- Chill for 30 minutes before serving.
- Garnish with lychee, hibiscus petals, and shimmer dust.
Nutrition
- Calories: 325
- Sugar: 32 g
- Fat: 17 g
- Carbohydrates: 37 g
- Protein: 4 g