Strawberry Mousse with Frozen Strawberries

Name: Strawberry Mousse with Frozen Strawberries
Yield: Serves 4 to 6
Ingredients: 1 1/2 pounds (5 1/4 cups), frozen strawberries, thawed; 1 3/4 teaspoons, unflavored gelatin; 4 ounces, cream cheese, cut into 8 pieces and softened; 1/2 cup, heavy cream, chilled; 1/2 cup (3 1/2 ounces), sugar; Pinch, salt

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated May/June 2014

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Here’s a juicy problem: how to get a creamy mousse with bright, concentrated fruit flavor out of bland, watery supermarket strawberries.

SERVES4 to 6

TIME50 minutes, plus 4 hours chilling

Strawberry Mousse with Frozen Strawberries

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

There’s a good reason that strawberry mousse recipes aren’t very prevalent: The berries contain lots of juice, which can ruin the texture of a mousse that should be creamy and rich. Plus, the fruit flavor produced by most strawberry mousse ...

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