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Dark Chocolate Cinnamon Oat Pudding with Pumpkin Mascarpone Mousse

Dark Chocolate Cinnamon Oat Pudding with Pumpkin Mascarpone Mousse

Dark Chocolate Cinnamon Oat Pudding with Pumpkin Mascarpone Mousse  … dessert that was waiting to happen. Some things are meant to be and this certainly was. It’s a little late but is headed off for the #virtualpumpkinparty hosted by Sara over at Cake Over SteakI had pudding ready in the fridge and some fresh pumpkin puree that I made yesterday.

Dark Chocolate Cinnamon Oat Pudding with Pumpkin Mascarpone Mousse

There’s something about the season. The minute summer ebbs away, I reach out for the pumpkin. More often than never, you will find some oven roasted pumpkin in the fridge. On luckier days, I’ll have already made it into a puree! I love the sweetness it offers, and the ease of use. This was breakfast a few days ago, a very inspired one actually. The fresh pumpkin puree that I made day before was calling my name. So was my hungry rumbling tummy.

Pumpkin puree breakfast bowl

Trying to stay more full and get healthier everyday with least fuss {and more veggies!}, this fall inspired breakfast bowl was goodness stirred together. Greek yogurt whisked with honey and a 1/2 cup of fresh chilled pumpkin puree. Some absolutely delicious granola and a drizzle of honey finished it off. I roast pumpkin for salad too quite often. This is one of my favourites, a tossed salad with chickpeas! 

 Roastedpumpkin & chickpea salad
Roasted Pumpkin & Chickpea Salad

So you can imagine that I’m a huge fan of this humble vegetable and the #virtualpumpkin party was just the thing to grab my attention. I read it off Amisha’s instastory on instagram, and Sara was good enough to have me over, even though I was late. The requirements for the pumpkin party were simple … ‘share an original pumpkin-based recipe on your blog. It can be a dessert, a main dish, a cocktail, etc. – it just needs to incorporate pumpkin or a similar winter squash in some way.

Dark Chocolate Cinnamon Oat Pudding with Pumpkin Mascarpone Mousse

So here I am, with a really simple, fast track dessert, which is quite healthy actually. The base is a Dark Chocolate Oat Pudding, slightly different from the one I shared here a few days ago. I skipped the walnuts, made the process simpler, and used cinnamon to tie in the flavours. The layers are chocolate pudding, spices sweet pumpkin puree, and a whipped pumpkin mascarpone mousse. I made tiny fondant pumpkins too!

Please catch the rest of the pumpkin love at the Virtual Pumpkin Party page here.

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Dark Chocolate Cinnamon Oat Pudding with Pumpkin Mascarpone Mousse

Dark Chocolate Cinnamon Oat Pudding with Pumpkin Mascarpone Mousse is a simple, fast track dessert, which is quite healthy actually. The layers are oat chocolate pudding, spiced sweet pumpkin puree, and a whipped pumpkin mascarpone mousse. Eggless, wholegrain & gluten free, it’s truly yum!
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 4 hours 20 minutes
Servings 6 people

Ingredients
  

Dark Chocolate Cinnamon Oat Pudding

  • 400 g milk
  • 200 ml low fat cream
  • 30 g cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp cinnamon powder
  • 35 g breakfast oats
  • 150 g dark couverture chocolate chopped
  • 75 g brown sugar
  • 30 g honey

Pumpkin Mousse

  • Fresh pumpkin puree from 400g pumpkin chilled {100g+300g}
  • 450 g mascarpone
  • 4-5 tbsp powdered sugar {to taste}
  • 2 tsp pumpkin pie spice mix
  • Pumpkin seeds to garnish

Instructions
 

Dark Chocolate Cinnamon Oat Pudding

  • Place all ingredients in a heavy bottom pan and simmer over low heat, stirring constantly until it begins to thicken.
  • Once it becomes as thick as a custard, take off heat, allow to cool, then puree with an immersion blender or blend in a food processor until smooth.
  • Pour into serving bowls / glasses.
  • Cool and then chill for 4-6 hours, preferably overnight.

Pumpkin mouse

  • Whisk the pumpkin puree with sugar to taste and the pumpkin pie spice. {Reserve the remaining pumpkin puree}
  • Whisk 100g of the pumpkin puree with about 100g of the mascarpone until smooth.
  • Gently whisk/fold in the remaining mascarpone so as not to lose volume. {Gently add more sugar if required.}
  • Place into a piping bag fitted with a star nozzle.

Assemble

  • Divide the reserved pumkin puree over the set chocolate pudding using a piping bag. Level out gently.
  • Pipe the mascarpone pumpkin mousse over the pumpkin puree.
  • Sift over some pumpkin pie spice if desired.
  • Garnish with pumpkin seeds.
  • Chill until ready to serve.

About me: I am a freelance food writer, recipe developer and photographer. Food is my passion - baking, cooking, developing recipes, making recipes healthier, using fresh seasonal produce and local products, keeping a check on my carbon footprint and being a responsible foodie! I enjoy food styling, food photography, recipe development and product reviews. I express this through my food photographs which I style and the recipes I blog. My strength lies in 'Doing Food From Scratch'; it must taste as good as it looks, and be healthy too. Baking in India, often my biggest challenge is the non-availability of baking ingredients, and this has now become a platform to get creative on. I enjoy cooking immensely as well.

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