Craving: Mousse de Maracujá
The first time we tried mousse de maracujá, or passion fruit mousse, was at the house of a friend who'd immigrated from São Paulo a few years before. We stopped by with a few other friends, and her mom just happened to have some homemade passion fruit mousse in individual portions in the fridge. Some of the others tried a spoonful and declared it too sweet; we, on the other hand, laughed at the idea of anything being too sweet and made sure to scoop up every last drop of mousse from that bowl.
It's not too hard to find in this area; most Brazilian restaurants serve it regularly. Try checking Varanda's Cafeteria in Miami Beach, Feijão Com Arroz in Pompano Beach, Boteco in Miami and Deco Gourmet in Weston.
Varanda's Cafeteria [MenuPages]
Feijao Com Arroz [MenuPages]
Boteco [MenuPages]
Deco Gourmet [MenuPages]
Photo: Flickr
Comments
Almost every Latin American country (Caribbean & South American) has mousse de parchita, maracuya, parcha, or whatever you call it. What's the difference with the ones made by Brazilians?
Karlo Bakery on Coral Way has one too and I thought it was pretty good. Although I must admit, that picture looks amazing!
Posted by: JD | March 6, 2008 11:38 AM
I don't know about differences in mousse by country. I wrote about the Brazilian one because that's the only one I've tried and because it seems to be really common in Brazil.
Yeah, I love that photo, especially the maracuya seeds and pulp strewed on top. The ones I've had didn't look like that.
Posted by: Carolina | March 6, 2008 11:49 AM
I love maracuja. You can find it a lot in Colombia and the mousse is common but they also use it for sauces, eat it as is, make juice... YUM!
Posted by: Paula | March 7, 2008 08:42 AM