Tangerine's Kitchen: Strawberry Mousse

Saturday, May 28, 2011

Strawberry Mousse

Chennai is always associated with being a hot city. And the heat is so unbearable now that nothing can give you a total respite from it. Work on the other hand has been exhausting my time.

Anyway to beat the heat and to keep me from not going insane,I made these little shots of mousse made of berries. The berry here being strawberry. A mousse is an easy dessert to make are very pretty when all done.A great dessert when entertaining your guests and equally neat for a small family. This chilled dessert makes use of buttermilk. The tartness that his lends to the creamy dessert is inexplicable.

Moussehoholics beware! This dessert can be very addictive. Any flavour can be substituted for the strawberries here. The original recipe is for a mango mousse. Since the strawberry season out here is coming to an end, this is what I did for my last dose of strawberries.

Recipe (Adapted from Petite Sweets: Bite-Size Desserts to Satisfy Every Sweet Tooth)
1T unflavoured gelatin
2T cold water
1C Whipping Cream
1/2 C half-and-half( I used 60 ml of light cream and 60 ml of whole milk)
1/2 C buttermilk
1/2 Sugar
1/4 C strained strawberry pulp
1T Vanilla Extract
Strawberry slices for garnish

Since I was serving them in these shot glasses I did not grease them. You could also use ramekins that have been greased and turn them out on serving plates after the dessert is set well.

Sprinkle gelatin in cold water. Heat whipping cream, cream, milk, buttermilk, sugar and strawberry pulp in a saucepan and let it simmer. Take the pan off the heat and stir in the gelatin and the vanilla extract until well blended. Transfer to the glasses. Cover and chill for 5 hours. Top with garnish and serve for a lovely chilled dessert to cool you down. In my case, a respite from the heat!