Thursday, October 15, 2009

Strawberry Mousse Cake



I used my mum's molder which helped me give me that shape. The chocolate sauce was hard to pipe, but it was my first attempt in these sort of stuff.
yea i know feels like something's missing, i just ran out of strawberries to garnish...
Ingredients:

Mousse-
1 and 1/2 - Gelatin Sheet
150mL - Strawberry Puree' (see note below)
50g - Caster Sugar
250mL - Cream

Jelly-

200mL- Strawberry Puree' (see note Below)
1- Gelatin Sheet
50g- Caster Sugar

Chocolate Sauce-

100g- Dark Chocolate (Good Quality)
150mL- Cream

Method:
Mousse
Place gelatin sheets in a cool bath and let it sit there for about 5-10 minutes or until soft. Whip the cream until soft peaks form and place inside the fridge and allow to cool, once the gelatin has softened place, squeeze out any excess water and then place it in a saucepan or a double boiler (recommended) and let it melt over a low heat, place in sugar gently and use a balloon whisk, and whisk until mixture combines. Remove from heat and slowly whisk in the strawberry puree', (if lumps of gelatin begins to show, you can put it back on the heat) then remove from heat and allow to cool for 5 minutes. Take the Whipped cream and add a third at a time mix in with the puree' and whisk. Once the mixture has been combined and no lumps of cream is left, place inside mold and allow it to cool in the fridge for about 30 minutes.

Jelly
In a saucepan, place the softened gelatin sheet and allow to melt over low heat, whisk in the caster sugar and then combine with the puree'. Allow this mixture to cool for about 15 minutes. Once the mousse is set and the jelly mixture is cool enough, place a small amount of jelly over the mousse and allow to set in the fridge.

Chocolate Sauce
Place Dark chocolates in the double boiler and allow to melt, once it's silky enough, remove from the heat and slowly mix in the cream (use a spatula), until it becomes a dark glossy colour. Pour in mixture inside a piping bag or plastic sandwich bag and garnish with it (do not put it in the heat for too long otherwise it will lose it's glossiness and texture).

Note:

To make a strawberry puree is simple, cut the leafy bits of the strawberries and place inside a blender, and blend until there is no more solids, if it's not blending well, put a spoonful of caster sugar and a small amount of water and once it becomes a smoothe texture, it's ready to be used.


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