Eggless strawberry mousse without gelatin - made with heavy whipping cream, white chocolate and strawberries.
Mousse has light, airy and smooth texture. It is rich dessert recipe because of the heavy cream. This is the perfect dessert if you are having special guests. Make it ahead of time, set in individual portions and keep in the fridge till you serve. It is easy to make and also taste awesome that your guests will be impressed. And you have this simple yet delicious dessert recipe then why not show off, right?
I and hubby love any kind of mousse. Today’s recipe is inspired from Tarla Dalal’s recipe. This strawberry white chocolate mousse has perfect balance flavor of strawberries and chocolate. Nothing is overpowering.
White chocolate and strawberry flavors go very well together. In every spoon you eat, you will get nice crunch from those little strawberry seeds. I have added only ½ tablespoons of sugar while whipping the cream. You can adjust the sugar according to your strawberries’ sweetness. Do not forget that chocolate has enough sweetness also.
More eggless mousse recipes
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How to make eggless strawberry mousse recipe (Step by step photos):
1) First keep the heavy whipping cream in the freezer. Also keep the whisk attachment and bowl in freezer as well. Because we need chilled cream and whisk to make job easier. You will see later.
2) chop the white chocolate into small pieces. take into a heatproof bowl.
3) Now melt the chocolate using double boiler method. Take about half inch of water in a pan. Bring it to a simmer on medium-low heat. Once it starts simmering, put the white chocolate bowl on top. Make sure that water is not touching the top bowl. Keep stirring, it starts to melt.
4) As it melts, it becomes smooth. Remove it from the pan. Let it cool to room temperature. Alternately you can melt the chocolate in microwave. But you need be careful, as chocolate may burn.
5) Now remove the bowl, whipping cream and whisk from the freezer. Add sugar to the cream.
6) Start whipping the cream. whip it till you get soft peak. Do not over whip it, otherwise it starts curdle and you will get butter out of it.
7) Now your chocolate is cooled down to room temperature. If the chocolate is warm or hot then cream will melt, we don’t want that. So please make sure that melted chocolate is cooled completely. Add half of the whipped cream to the chocolate.
8) Fold it very gently using spatula.
9) Then add remaining whipped cream.
10) fold it again till everything is mixed well. Don’t mix it vigorously otherwise whipped cream may deflate. Do it gently.
11) Now add ¼ cup of strawberry puree.
12) Mix it well.
13) Divide the mousse into individual serving glasses.
14) Top with remaining strawberry puree, Make single and thin layer of it.
15) Keep in refrigerator to chill and set for at least 2 hours or more. Remove it from the fridge, right before serving.
Look at the inside of the mousse after it sets properly. It was really airy, light and perfect sweet yet delicious. So don’t wait for guests, make it for yourself and for your family.
Serving suggestion: serve this eggless strawberry mousse as a dessert after your meal. Your guests will be impressed.
Notes:
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- Heavy whipping cream - You can use ‘Malai’ which you get from top of milk. And if using store bought heavy whipping cream like I did here, make sure that cream has more than 35% fat content. So it gets whipped nicely.
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- Many readers are from India. I know that the cream you get in India does not have 35% fat content. But don’t worry, You can use amul whipping cream. It works perfectly fine. I got good reviews from Indian readers.
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- To make whipping job easy, make sure that bowl, whisk attachment and heavy cream are really chilled. So I recommend to keep all three in freezer for 15-20 minutes. If you follow this tip, you will get nice and soft peaks even though it has less fat content.
- If you don’t like to bite the seeds of strawberries in the mousse. You can strain the strawberry puree and the use in the recipe.
Eggless strawberry mousse recipe with white chocolate
Ingredients
- 10 Strawberries pureed, ¼ cup puree to mix in mousse, remaining for topping
- 4 oz or 115 grams or ⅔ cup White chocolate
- ¾ cup Heavy whipping cream
- ½ tablespoon Sugar
Instructions
- First keep the heavy whipping cream in the freezer. Also keep the whisk attachment and bowl in freezer as well. Because we need chilled cream and whisk to make job easier.
Melting the chocolate using double boiler method:
- chop the white chocolate into small pieces. take into a heatproof bowl.
- Take about half inch of water in a pan. Bring it to a simmer on medium-low heat.
- Once it starts simmering, put the white chocolate bowl on top. Make sure that water is not touching the top bowl.
- Keep stirring, it starts to melt.
- As it melts, it becomes smooth.
- Remove it from the pan. Let it cool to room temperature.
- Alternately you can melt the chocolate in microwave. But you need be careful, as chocolate may burn.
Making eggless strawberry mousse:
- Now remove the bowl, whipping cream and whisk from the freezer.
- Add sugar to the cream.
- Start whipping the cream. whip it till you get soft peak. Do not over whip it, otherwise it starts curdle and you will get butter out of it.
- Now your chocolate is cooled down to room temperature. Add half of the whipped cream to the chocolate.
- Fold it very gently using spatula.
- Then add remaining whipped cream. fold it again till everything is mixed well.
- Now add ¼ cup of strawberry puree. Mix it well.
- Divide the mousse into individual serving glasses.
- Top with remaining strawberry puree, Make thin layer of it.
- Keep in refrigerator to chill and set for at least 2 hours or more.
- Remove it from the fridge, right before serving.
Can this eggless strawberry mousse be used as filling between 2layers of cakes, also how far in advance I can fill and keep the cake in the fridge
This mousse is very light, it cannot hold top layer cake weight. So it is not good idea for cake frosting.