Strawberry Mousse (3 Elements!) – A Couple Cooks

This 3-ingredient strawberry mousse is mild, 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 all about easy recipes.) Right here’s our newest easy no bake 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 the idea on Instagram, then created our personal spin on it utilizing maple syrup, our immersion blender and a helpful whisk. Should you’re like us, add a handful of crushed pretzels for that nostalgic punch of salty and candy!

All you want are 3 elements for this strawberry mousse

There’s a sure satisfaction to creating one thing with solely 3 elements, proper? This candy deal with is ideal for whipping up in a couple of minutes for dinner visitors 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 elements to make this lusciously fluffy berry mousse. Listed below are the elements you’ll want:

• Strawberries: Attempt to discover the ripest, reddest berries you’ll be able to. Bonus factors for native berries! Understand that out of season berries will be tart and tasteless, so making this within the winter months it’s not as tasty (although you’ll be able to add extra sugar to compensate).
• Pure maple syrup, honey or sugar: We like this dessert finest sweetened with maple syrup, notably the sort marked “Grade A: Darkish Colour and Strong Taste” within the US. We discover it has the perfect taste and keep away from any syrups marked amber. Honey works nicely as a sweetener as nicely, 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 are going to admit this strawberry mousse is just not “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 mild and fluffy than an ordinary mousse. You’ll be able to refrigerate the mousse after whipping it up, which helps to make extra of a “set” texture.

You’ll be able to regulate the sweetness to style

We like making this strawberry mousse recipe with 2 tablespoons sweetener, which makes for a calmly candy mousse. However in case you’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 drawback

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 nicely in an ordinary dimension of blender. (Should you’ve tried it, you already know!)

A meals processor must also work for this recipe. Or, double the recipe and make it in an ordinary 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 strategy to serve it: as strawberry mousse pie!

This strawberry mousse is scrumptious served up in little jars with crushed pretzels or graham crackers. Or in case you like, you may make double the recipe and pour it right into a pretzel crust or graham cracker crust! Ensure that to refrigerate it for a couple of 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 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 in case you strive it!

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