Tangy Strawberry Mousse

Hi Everyone!

For Ron Burgandy, milk was a bad choice.

For the rest of us, it is an excellent one. Especially milk with lots of fat content.

Why you ask? Because when you whip it long enough, and mix in some fruit, it becomes a light and airy treat quite suitable for a spring afternoon. Huzzah!

Tantalize your tastebuds with this tangy strawberry mousse.

Ingredients

12 strawberries (tops removed)

Zest from one tangelo

4 tbsp light brown sugar

1 pint heavy cream

1 Chobani cherry greek yogurt (6 oz)

Time commitment: 10min

Estimated cost: 10$

This is basically an overglorified way to eat straight up whipped cream. But am I complaining? Absolutely not.

Use a food processor to combine the strawberries, brown sugar and zest into a loose puree. There can still be small chunks of strawberry floating around; this adds a little bit of texture to contrast the whipped cream.

In a blender (or with a hand mixer (or with a food processor (or with a whisk if you are super buff))) add the heavy whipping cream and process until it becomes solid. You have just created fresh whipped cream! Super easy right?

Quickly spoon the whipped cream into a bowl. Mix the Chobani yogurt (to resuspend the fruit on the bottom) and then fold the yogurt into the whipped cream with a spoon. Add in the strawberry mixture and stir until combined.

You'll want to serve this immediately after preparing it for best results, and keep it cold! Athough the yogurt helps to give the mousse some body, over time (i.e. the next day) the whipped in air will begin to slowly leave the cream, resulting in more of a delicious sludge than a delicious mousse.

Anyway, don't fear! You can always store the leftovers in the fridge and re-blend it later to fluff it up again, good as new. 

Or you can throw the leftover mousse in your ice cream maker... Muahahaha! (More on that this summer).

I served mine in this Irish coffee glass. Mainly to limit my portion size to something only mildly upsetting. This is, after all, about 70% whipped cream. Eat responsibly!

Happy crafting!