Hawaiian Coconut Mousse (1983)

• 1 pint, half-and-half
• 2 cups grated coconut
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup water
• 1 tspn coconut extract
• 1-1/2 pints whipping cream
• 3 envelopes unflavored gelatin

In a saucepan, bring half-and-half to a boil. Dissolve gelatin in water.  Add gelatin mixture and sugar to half-and-half, cooking until sugar dissolves.

Cool and stir in coconut.  Best coconut extract and whipping cream until stiff.  Fold stiffened whipping cream into mixture, and pour into 8-cup mold.  

Chill until firm.  Serves 10. 

(Origin - "A Taste of Aloha - A Collection of Recipes from the Junior League of Honolulu", 1983.)

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