Oh and it's also not the kind you of mousse you might put in your hair for added volume. This mousse is the creamy dreamy dessert kind of mousse. Hopefully that clears up any mousse/moose confusion!
Sorry for the silliness, I couldn't resist. Anyway this mousse is good eaten on its own but it really makes a fabulous filling for cakes and cupcakes. I used it for the filling in a chocolate cake. I had some leftover so I filled some chocolate cupcakes. I frosted the cake and the cupcakes with this frosting.
This cake has all the flavors of a chocolate dipped strawberry, in cake form. Delicious!
Strawberry Mousse
(Printable recipe)
Ingredients:
2 cups fresh strawberries, hulled and cut in half
1 packet unflavored gelatin
1/3 cup cold water
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 tbsp. lemon juice
2 cups heavy cream, chilled
Method:
Puree the strawberries in the food processor. Strain the strawberries through a mesh strainer. (you could skip this step if you don't mind seeds in your mousse.) Add sugar and lemon juice.
Sprinkle gelatin over the cold water to let it bloom for five minutes. Melt the gelatin in the microwave.*
Stir the gelatin into the strawberry puree and let it thicken for a few minutes.
Whip the heavy cream until medium stiff peaks form.
Gently fold the whipped cream into the puree with a rubber spatula until well incorporated. If using for a cake filling, refrigerate the mousse for 2 hours up to overnight before using.
*Note: (This is the method I use to dissolve gelatin.) To dissolve granular gelatin in a microwave: Combine 1 envelope unflavored granular gelatin in 1/4 cup cold water in a heat-proof bowl. Let sit until gelatin is softened. Microwave, uncovered, at 100 percent power, at 10 second intervals, for a total of approximately 45 seconds; check it in between each interval. Watch the gelatin mixture carefully because you don't want it to boil, otherwise it must be discarded because it will have lost its binding properties,
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This mousse is so easy and delicious you"ll want to make it all the time. I used fresh strawberries in mine but you could use thawed frozen berries if fresh berries are out of season.
13 comments:
From cupcakes to cakes this mousse makes one tasty filling!!!!
Looks so good!
Awesome!!! I am dying for what is in that first picture- your photography is as good as your cookin!
moose is not for me, but i'll take mousse in any form! fluffy like a cloud and oh-so-tasty--well done!
Strawberry filled chocolate-cupcakes... wow, this must be heaven!
This was my first foray into making mousse. I found your recipe and followed it almost exactly. I did substitute half a cup of half and half for half a cup of whipping cream. I hadn't realized I was running low on whipping cream till it was too late! Even with that unexpected substitution, this turned out wonderful! Great, easy to follow recipe. This is definitely making my list of things to keep!
this came out perfect i did just as you say and also strained the strawberry and put little pieces of fresh strawberries it tasted fluffy and a very tasteful not overwhelmed the exact amount of sweetness i did the whole recipe i did half of the recipe to fill in a 8in cake and still had left over just a little thou but will recommend this recipe and of course do it again.
Confused about this recipe, so do we need a whole pack of gelatin? Or tbsp?
@anonymous, Sorry that is confusing. It should say one packet of gelatin. Fixed! Thanks for pointing that out!
I just made this mousse and only added 2 more tbs of sugar it tasted like heaven , thanks alot for sharing
I've made strawberry mousse before and it came out extremely firm (way too much gelatin). Do you find this recipe is much lighter and fluffier?
TIA!
I make this all the time and it is always very fluffy. if you are worried about the amount of gelatin you could use all but 1/4 teaspoon from a packet of gelatin but I wouldn't reduce it by much more than that if you plan on putting it inside a cake. Hope that helps!
Can I use it in a cake the day before it will be eaten?
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