Description
This Easy Fresh Strawberry Mousse is a light and airy dessert made from pureed strawberries and whipped cream. It’s a simple, refreshing treat perfect for warm days or as an elegant finish to any meal. The mousse features fresh strawberry puree folded into fluffy whipped cream, layered over a strawberry purée base, and chilled to perfection. Topped with fresh strawberry slices, this dessert is both visually appealing and delicious.
Ingredients
Scale
Strawberry Puree
- 12½ ounces strawberries (3/4 pound), cleaned and sliced
- ½ cup granulated sugar
Mousse
- 1 cup heavy cream (whole, heavy, or whipping cream with at least 30% fat content), cold
For Topping
- Extra fresh strawberries, sliced
Instructions
- Prepare Strawberry Puree: Clean and slice the strawberries thoroughly. Place the sliced strawberries and granulated sugar into a blender or food processor and puree until smooth. Remove ½ cup of this puree and set aside for layering.
- Whip the Cream: In a cold bowl, beat the cold heavy cream until stiff peaks form. This creates the light and airy texture essential for the mousse.
- Combine Puree and Cream: Gently fold the remaining strawberry puree (not the reserved ½ cup) into the whipped cream, being careful to maintain the fluffiness of the mixture.
- Assemble the Mousse: Divide the reserved ½ cup of strawberry puree evenly between 4 small to medium glasses (each holds about 1 cup). Spoon or pipe the strawberry mousse mixture over the puree layer in each glass.
- Chill: Refrigerate the assembled mousses for approximately 1 hour, or longer if desired, to allow the flavors to meld and the mousse to set.
- Garnish and Serve: Before serving, top each mousse with fresh sliced strawberries for added texture and visual appeal. Enjoy immediately.
Notes
- If using this mousse as a pie or cake filling, whip the cream until thickened, then stir in the strawberry puree.
- To stabilize the filling, gently dissolve 1 tablespoon of gelatin in 2 tablespoons of milk over low heat without boiling, then temper the gelatin mixture with 1–2 tablespoons of the whipped cream mixture.
- Fold the gelatin mixture back into the whipped cream mixture to help it set firmly.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving (1 glass)
- Calories: 210
- Sugar: 20g
- Sodium: 15mg
- Fat: 14g
- Saturated Fat: 9g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 19g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 55mg
