Chilled Strawberry Mousse Food

EASY FRESH STRAWBERRY MOUSSE

Steps:

• Clean and slice the strawberries, In a blender or food processor add the sliced strawberries and the sugar and puree. Remove 1/2 a cup of puree and set aside.
• In a cold bowl add the cream and beat until stiff peaks form. Then fold in the remaining puree (not the 1/2 cup) gently.
• Divide the 1/2 cup of puree between the 4 small/medium** glasses and top with the strawberry mousse. Refrigerate for approximately 1 hour or even over night if desired. Top with fresh sliced strawberries and serve. Enjoy.
• ** for size purposes, the glasses I used hold 1 cup of water.

STRAWBERRY LIME MOUSSE

Steps:

• Put the sweetened condensed milk, strawberries, sugar and lime juice in a blender. Blend until smooth and well mixed. Transfer to a bowl. Using a rubber spatula, fold in the lime zest and thawed frozen whipped topping until thoroughly combined.
• Scoop into 6 pretty glasses and add a vanilla wafer to each serving.

STRAWBERRY MOUSSE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Stir in flour. Press onto the bottom of a 9-in. or 10-in. springform pan; prick with a fork. , Bake at 350° for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 300°; bake 20-25 minutes longer or until lightly browned. Cool. , Meanwhile, for filling, puree enough berries (about 1-1/2 pints) to make 2 cups. Set aside remaining berries for garnish. Stir lemon juice and sugar into puree. , In a small saucepan, sprinkle gelatin over cold water; let stand for 1 minute. Heat over low heat, stirring until gelatin is completely dissolved. Add to puree; chill until mixture begins to thicken. , Fold in whipped cream and food coloring if desired. Pour into crust; chill until set. Garnish with reserved strawberries.

LIGHT STRAWBERRY MOUSSE

Steps:

• In a blender or food processor, puree strawberries with orange juice and lemon juice until smooth.
• Set aside.
• In blender or food processor, puree cottage cheese and yogurt until smooth.
• Set aside.
• Put water in small saucepan.
• Stir in gelatin; let stand for 1 minute.
• Dissolve over low heat, stirring constantly.
• Add 1/3 cup sugar.
• Cook and stir until sugar has completely dissolved and mixture has thickened slightly.
• Place in a large bowl; whisk until just warm to the touch.
• Do not allow it to jell.
• Slowly whisk strawberry puree and yogurt-cottage cheese puree into the gelatin mixture.
• Place in the freezer for 30-40 minutes, or until quite thick but not set.
• Whisk occasionally so that lumps don't form.
• Beat egg white until soft peaks form.
• Add 1 T.
• sugar and beat until stiff peaks form.
• Gently fold beaten egg white into strawberry-gelatin mixture, blending thoroughly.
• Transfer to a serving bowl or to 4 individual serving bowls.
• Chill for at least 8 hours before serving.

EASY STRAWBERRY MOUSSE

Steps:

• Choose four of the best-looking strawberries and set these aside to finish the mousse, then hull and roughly chop the rest. Tip these into a blender or food processor along with the sugar and blitz until smooth.
• Whisk the cream to stiff peaks. Reserve roughly 4 tbsp of the strawberry purée in a small dish, then fold the rest through the whipped cream until it turns an even shade of pink. Divide the reserved purée between four small serving glasses or ramekins. Spoon the mousse over the top, then chill for at least 1 hr. Will keep chilled for up to a day. Just before serving, halve the reserved strawberries and use these to decorate the mousse.

CHILLED STRAWBERRY SOUFFLE

Steps:

• Place a medium bowl in the freezer to chill. Cut 4 strips of parchment paper about 1 inch longer than the circumference and at least 1 1/2 inches taller than a 6-ounce ramekin. Wrap a parchment-paper strip around each of 4 ramekins to form a collar, and secure with tape.
• Reserve 4 small strawberries for garnishing. Hull the remaining strawberries. Puree 3 cups strawberries and 1 to 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar in a food processor fitted with the metal blade. Transfer to a bowl or small pitcher, cover, and chill to serve with the souffles. Slice the remaining strawberries, combine with 1 to 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar, and divide them among the souffle dishes.
• Place 1/4 cup wine in a small saucepan. Sprinkle with gelatin. Let stand until gelatin begins to soften, about 5 minutes. Meanwhile, remove bowl from freezer, and pour cream into bowl; whip cream until soft peaks form. Transfer to the refrigerator to chill.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, beat egg yolks with 3/4 cup sugar and the orange zest on high speed until light and very thick, at least 5 minutes.
• Prepare an ice-water bath; set aside. In a heavy-bottomed medium saucepan, bring the remaining 1 3/4 cups wine just to a boil. With the mixer on low speed, slowly stir the hot wine into the egg-yolk mixture. Return this mixture to the pan, and cook over low heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until it thickens and lightly coats the back of a wooden spoon, 3 to 4 minutes. Be sure not to let it boil; if it does it will curdle. Remove the custard from the heat, and immediately set the pan into the ice-water bath.
• Melt gelatin over very low heat, and stir it into the warm custard. Continue stirring until it starts to set. Remove it from the ice-water bath and fold in the whipped cream. Pour the mixture into the prepared souffle dishes, covering the strawberries. You will have to work quickly, as the mixture sets quickly once it is cold. It should fill to an inch or more above the rim of the dishes. Chill until firmly set, at least 2 and up to 12 hours (if kept longer, the souffles tend to stiffen).
• To serve, loosen and remove the parchment-paper collars from the souffles. Thinly slice each reserved strawberry to form a fan, leaving the slices joined at the hull. Press the strawberries flat with your thumb to fan the slices, and set one on top of each souffle. If the souffles have been chilled for more than a few hours, let them warm and soften at room temperature for a few minutes. Serve with the chilled strawberry sauce.

QUICK CHEAT'S STRAWBERRY MOUSSE

Steps:

• Put the strawberries, lemon juice, sugar and 2 tbsp water in a large pan over a medium heat and cook for 5 mins until the fruit has softened. Scrape into a bowl leave to cool. Tip 300g of the mixture into a blender (reserve the rest for later), blitz until smooth and sieve into a jug.
• Whisk the mascarpone in a large bowl to soften, then add the double cream, vanilla bean paste and lemon zest, and whisk again until just starting to thicken. Fold in the blitzed, sieved strawberry purée to combine - it will thicken a bit more. Alternatively, swirl it through so you have layers of compote going through the mousse.Will keep chilled for up to a day.
• Spoon or pipe the mousse into glass tumblers and top with the reserved strawberry compote, the gingernut crumbs, pistachios and dried strawberries, if you like.