Strawberry Mousse (3 Elements!) – A Couple Cooks

This 3-ingredient strawberry mousse is gentle, fluffy, and bursting with berry taste! Made with simply strawberries, whipped cream, and a contact of sweetness, it’s the proper straightforward dessert for any event.

Right here at A Couple Cooks we’ve been on a kick of making 3 ingredient recipes, as a result of who doesn’t love simplicity? (We’re even authors of a cookbook of easy recipes.) Right here’s our newest easy dessert concept: this strawberry mousse recipe! A mix of ripe berries, heavy cream, and a contact of sweetener takes simply minutes to whip up and makes a pile of fluffy, berry-scented goodness. We noticed this idea on social media and created our personal spin utilizing maple syrup, an immersion blender, and a whisk. In the event you’re like us, add a handful of crushed pretzels for that nostalgic candy and salty hit!

All you want are 3 components for this strawberry mousse

There’s a sure satisfaction to creating one thing with solely 3 components, proper? This candy deal with is ideal for whipping up in a couple of minutes for dinner company or with a child in your life. You’ll want a small blender (or blender, maintain studying for why), a whisk, and this handful of components to make this lusciously fluffy berry mousse. Listed below are the components you’ll want:

• Strawberries: Attempt to discover the ripest, reddest berries you possibly can. Bonus factors for native berries! Take into account that out of season berries may be tart and tasteless, so making this within the winter months it’s not as tasty (although you possibly can add extra sugar to compensate).
• Pure maple syrup, honey or sugar: We like this dessert finest sweetened with maple syrup, significantly the sort marked “Grade A: Darkish Shade and Sturdy Taste” within the US. We discover it has the very best taste and keep away from any syrups marked amber. Honey works effectively as a sweetener as effectively, as does granulated sugar.
• Heavy cream: This ingredient is what makes the magic! There are not any substitutes for heavy cream right here, for the reason that dairy fats is what makes the fluffy texture.

A scrumptious shortcut for mousse

We’ll admit this strawberry mousse shouldn’t be “technically” a conventional mousse like this chocolate mousse, which is cooked on the stovetop and thickened with eggs. Consider it as a scrumptious shortcut! Due to that, the feel is extra gentle and fluffy than a typical mousse. You may refrigerate the mousse after whipping it up, which helps to make extra of a “set” texture.

You may modify the sweetness to style

We like making this strawberry mousse recipe with 2 tablespoons sweetener, which makes for a frivolously candy mousse. However if you happen to’re used to very candy desserts or are cooking for a crowd that’s, use 3 tablespoons sweetener for a sweet-tasting strawberry mousse. You additionally could need to use sugar as your sweetener, because it brings a extra direct sweetness in comparison with the nuanced taste of maple syrup or honey.

Don’t have a small blender? No downside

This recipe makes use of a small or immersion blender as a result of the general amount of berries is so small, it doesn’t mix effectively in a typical dimension of blender. (In the event you’ve tried it, you understand!)

A meals processor also needs to work for this recipe. Or, double the recipe and make it in a typical blender so the amount is giant sufficient to mix. Then simply use half the strawberry puree for the mousse and use the remainder in different methods (see these concepts!).

One other method to serve it: as strawberry mousse pie!

This strawberry mousse is scrumptious served up in little jars with crushed pretzels or graham crackers. Or if you happen to like, you can also make double the recipe and pour it right into a pretzel crust or graham cracker crust! Be certain that to refrigerate it for just a few hours earlier than serving to set the mousse to a thicker texture.

Food plan issues, and a trick for vegan

This strawberry mousse recipe is vegetarian and gluten-free. We’ve got not examined a vegan variation, however we’d recommend making an attempt this vegan heavy whipping cream by Nora Cooks and gently folding within the strawberry puree. Tell us if you happen to strive it!

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