Venus Mousse

A cool summer dessert to get you out of a jam.

A cool summer dessert to get you out of a jam.

1 banana

1/2 apple

1 kiwi fruit

Juice of 1/2 orange

Juice of 1/2 lemon

1 egg white

4 tablespoons sugar

1 tablespoon creme de menthe

Peel the banana, apple and kiwi and place them and the remaining ingredients in a blender. Process at top speed for three minutes. Spoon this cream into stemmed goblets and decorate the lip of each goblet with a lemon slice.

From Aphrodite, The Love Of Food And The Food Of Love, by Isabel Allende, published by Flamingo, £16.99 in the UK

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