Recipe - Rhubarb Mousse With Strawberry-Gin Sauce

3 cup Diced rhubarb
One half cup Brown sugar
1 pack Unflavored gelatin
One fourth cup Tanqueray or other juniper
flavored gin, such as
Gilbey's or Beefeater
2 cup Cream
2 Egg whites
One fourth cup Sugar
2 cup Strawberries, hulled
5 tablespoon Sugar
One fourth cup Lemon marmalade, the type
with shreds of lemon rather
than chunks
2 tablespoon Tanqueray gin

(From "Pacific Northwest Palate," by Susan Bradley.)

Sprinkle the brown sugar over the rhubarb and let sit for an hour.
Put in a saucepan, cover, and simmer gently for 15 minutes or so,
until fully tender and quite thick. Puree in a processor.

Soften the gelatin in the gin for 10 minutes. Combine with the
rhubarb and heat to dissolve the gelatin. Set into an icewater bath
(a large bowl filled halfway with ice and a couple of cups of water.)
Cool until cold to the touch, but do not allow the gelatin to set.

With an electric mixer, combine the cream and rhubarb mixture. Whip
until fluffy and light. Do not overwhip or the cream will break down.

Beat the egg whites until soft peaks form. Add the sugar and continue
until stiff peaks have formed. Carefully fold the egg whites into the
rhubarb and cream mixture. Turn the mousse into a clear glass, 6cup,
straightsided souffle dish or into individual 1cup souffle dishes
and refrigerate for 2 hours or more.

To make the Strawberry Gin Sauce, puree the strawberries and sugar
together in a processor. Strain through a sieve and reserve. Warm the
marmalade just to melt. Combine the marmalade, the gin, and the pureed
strawberries, mixing well. Chill thoroughly.

Serve each portion of mousse topped or surrounded with sauce; pass the
sauce separately.

From Tuscon area newspapers, 1994, 3rd quarter, courtest Mike Orchekowski.
File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/tn94q3.zip