Strawberry Mousse: A Step-by-Step Recipe with Photos for Making at Home

Strawberry mousse – a delicious and healthy dessert loved by both adults and children! Today we'll tell you how to make a delicate, airy strawberry mousse at home, which can be served as a standalone treat or used in unique cakes.

Strawberry Mousse: A Simple Step-by-Step Recipe

Nutritional value per serving

258 kcal

Proteins: 3.3 g
Fats: 10.9 g
Carbohydrates: 39.7 g

*Nutritional value is calculated per 100g of ingredients

Total time: 3 hours
Time in the kitchen: 19 min
Complexity:

It's easy and straightforward to prepare, but it does require some experience. Not everyone can do it right the first time.
Number of servings: 4

It is believed that the French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, who was passionate not only about painting but also about cooking, invented mousse desserts. The first recipe called for dark or white chocolate as an essential ingredient.

Interesting fact! The French word "mousse," which gives the dish its name, translates as "foam," which perfectly describes the dessert's unique consistency.

In the 20th century, many chefs experimented with replacing familiar ingredients with the most unexpected products. This led to the emergence of fruit mousses, as well as a wide range of diverse recipes for making fluffy, foamy mixtures using berries (including strawberries).

Today we'll tell you how to make a delicious strawberry mousse dessert, and also offer several alternative options that are perfect as a filling for a sponge cake.

A recipe for delicate strawberry mousse at home

Strawberry Mousse with Gelatin – A Simple Step-by-Step Recipe with Photos

Ingredients

Servings

Strawberry

350 G
Sour cream

100 G
Sugar

45 G
Vanilla extract

1 tsp
Gelatin

9 G
Water

40 G
Mint

as desired

Preparation

Step 1

Soak 9 grams of gelatin in 40 ml of cold water and leave to swell for about 10 minutes.

Step 2

Rinse fresh strawberries thoroughly under water and dry. Remove the leaves and stems from each berry. If the berries are large, cut them in half, as shown in the photo.

Mousse can be made at home not only with fresh but also with frozen strawberries, which many housewives preserve for the winter specifically for these recipes. In this case, the berries should be removed from the freezer ahead of time, defrosted, and allowed to warm to room temperature.

Step 3

In a mixing bowl, combine strawberries, sugar, vanilla extract, and a few mint leaves (this will add a nice minty flavor to the strawberry mousse).

The best addition to strawberry mousse dessert is chocolate mint, which combines cool freshness with subtle chocolate notes.

If you don't want to make this dessert with traditional sugar, you can easily make this recipe using any substitute.

Step 4

Blend the strawberries with an immersion blender until smooth. Use the highest speed setting to avoid any lumps.

Step 5

Combine the mixture with gelatin heated to a liquid state and beat for another 2 minutes.

Step 6

Add 100 grams of sour cream to give our delicate strawberry mousse the perfect creamy flavor. Mix the mixture at low speed until smooth.

You can also make mousse with cream, but keep in mind that a dessert made with cream will be more caloric and will lack the slight tartness that sour cream imparts.

Step 7

Our mousse is ready! All that remains is to pour the dessert into glasses and place it in the refrigerator until the gelatin has completely set.

Step 8

The chilled dessert can be further decorated:

whipped cream;
whipped egg whites;
fresh strawberries;
chocolate chips or shavings.

Please note that the gelatin recipe produces a very delicate and light mousse, but it will melt quickly at room temperature, so for a mousse cake, it's best to choose a thicker consistency. For example, you can prepare the berry filling for the cake: