Vegan Lemon Mousse with Cherry Compote

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Seasons of Greens: A Collection of New Recipes from the Iconic San Francisco Restaurant

By Katie Reicher

Published 2025

  • About

For the longest time, we have struggled with finding a vegan mousse recipe that doesn’t include chocolate. Chocolate has a lot of structure to it, plus tons of bold flavor, that allows it to work well with silken tofu to make a creamy, luscious mousse. Unfortunately, white chocolate isn’t usually vegan, and the vegan varieties that we’ve seen are overly processed and low quality. I had a “eureka!” moment one day when I realized that the main ingredient in chocolate that gives it that lovely