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Fresh Strawberry Mousse

uper fluffy and bursting with a tart strawberry flavor, this Fresh Strawberry Mousse is perfect to fill a luscious cake or a served in dessert cups.

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The two most detrimental questions you can ask at any stage of a relationship are:

  1. What do you love about me?
  2. Why do you love me?

No matter how you answer it will never be acceptable to the person who asked these questions.

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Why do you ask?

Because when someone asks such questions, not only are they rooted in insecurity, there is a checkbox of answers this person has in mind. And you will never tick the correct boxes.

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It’s human nature to crave love and to demand love in the manner we envision.

Instead of asking why/what and be ultimately disappointed – Why not communicate that checkbox in your head?

Love language is a real thing. The way you receive love is not the way your partner receives love. In relationships, there’s the never-ending power struggle over love. A struggle over who loves the other more, over how love is dispensed, and worse of all –  The withholding of love.

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And that struggle denies the very fabric of love.

Let’s halt this power struggle. Instead of seeking personal validation, ask your partner: How do YOU receive love?

Listen to your partner. Like, really listen.

Follow it up with action. Not just one day. Make it a habit. Like flossing.

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And yes, at first you will both resist.

You will think it’s stupid that she receives love when you fold a load of laundry or wash the dishes without being asked.

She will think it’s stupid that you receive love when your socks are placed in the sock drawer by color and size.  Or that you receive love when the remote is placed in its rightful spot and not beneath her ass.

It won’t kill either of you to learn each other’s love languages and learn to love your partner the right way. Without a struggle for power. Without believing your partner doesn’t love you because he/she didn’t tick the boxes in your head.

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Now flow with me, let’s talk about this Fresh Strawberry Mousse.

I know, I know – You see a chocolate cake peeking out of a fluff of strawberry mousse. Instead of highlighting the mousse in dessert cups I chose to pipe it over a round of this bomb ass chocolate cake. I also drizzled the mousse with a chocolate sauce. Because… Well… chocolate and strawberry is just a sexy combination.

Now back to the mousse. This situation is loads of fresh strawberry puree and strawberry powder stabilized with gelatin. Strawberry powder is just pulverized strawberries and I try to always have some on hand.

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This mousse takes about five minutes to make.

There is some chill time, however, especially if you’re using it as a filling. If you’re serving this strawberry mousse in dessert glasses, you can totally skip the chill time. Just make sure you chill the heavy cream and the strawberry puree prior.

About this mousse, I will say: It’s fantastic.

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It’s sexy and tart.

This mousse is love language on its own.

Learn it.

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Fresh Strawberry Mousse

Ingredients

  • 2 1/4 teaspoons Unflavored gelatin
  • 2 tablespoons Cold water
  • 1/4 cup Boiling water
  • 1 - 1 1/4 cup Granulated sugar
  • 1/4 cup heaping Strawberry powder
  • 1 1/2 cups Heavy cream very cold
  • 1 cup very very cold Pureed strawberries
  • 2 1/4 teaspoons Vanilla extract

Instructions

  • Sprinkle gelatin in a small bowl. Add cold water and stir briefly. Let stand until the gelatin has soaked up the water,
  • about 1 minute or so.
  • Add boiling water to the bowl and stir until the gelatin is completely dissolved. Set aside to cool completely.
  • In a bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment (a hand mixer works wonderfully here too) combine 1 cup of sugar
  • pour then strawberry powder. Add the heavy cream and mix over medium/high speed until the mixture thickens. Slowly pour, the
  • strawberry puree, followed by the vanilla extract, and finally the gelatin mixture.
  • Increase the speed to high and continue whisking until thickened, about 2 minutes or so. Stop the mixer. Taste and add more sugar,
  • 1 tablespoon at a time until the desired level of sweetness is reached. Remove bowl from mixer and test thickness by dipping the whisk into the mousse and lifting. If the mousse does not immediately dissolve onto itself it's ready. You want the mousse thick enough to form shapes that will not dissolve easily.
  • Spoon the mousse into a container with a tight-fitting lid and place in the freezer to chill for at least one hour.

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