Raspberry mousse pie, or raspberry bavarian, is light and delicious and so easy to make.
This light and lovely easy raspberry dessert recipe is perfect for entertaining. It’s not too heavy to serve after a large meal.
Most people love raspberries so it’s sure to be a big hit.
Make it in a regular pie shell or go fancy as in the image above and make the individual pieces in round molds.
You don’t even have to make this wonderful mousse into a pie.
Serve it as a raspberry mousse in clear glasses or bowls so you can see how pretty it is.
Frozen raspberries make this creamy berry pie recipe an all year favorite.
Just keep a bag of raspberries in your freezer and make this marvelous mousse any time.
Look below the recipe for easy variations on this year round treat.
I hope you enjoy this wonderful mousse recipe.
Raspberry Mousse Pie
Ingredients
- 1 pie shell, 9", baked
- 1 envelope unflavored gelatin
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 15 ounces frozen raspberries, thawed and drained (keep the liquid. See next line)
- 1 1/4 cups raspberry liquid
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 2 egg whites
- 1 cup whipping cream
Instructions
- Prepare the baked pie shell.
- Combine the gelatin and sugar in saucepan. Stir in raspberry liquid, drained from the frozen raspberries, and lemon juice. Add water, if necessary, to make 1 1/4 cups. Bring mixture to a boil. Remove from the heat. Chill until consistency of unbeaten egg whites. Once chilled, beat the mixture with an electric mixer until it is light and fluffy.
- Beat egg whites until they form stiff peaks. Beat whipping cream to stiff peaks. Fold egg whites and whipped cream into raspberry liquid mixture. Gently fold in raspberries. Pour mixture into prepared pie shell. Chill.
- Decorate the pie with whipped cream and fresh raspberries if desired.
Nutrition
Variations:
- Change the raspberries to strawberries for a wonderful strawberry pie recipe.
- Use fresh raspberries in season if you want. Just crush 3/4 cup of berries (extra, not part of the berries for the pie) and add 1/2 cup of water to use as the raspberry liquid.
- You can get fancy and make this pie into individual servings as shown in the image above using a round mold.
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