A perfect dessert for serving at a dinner party. You can make this individual dessert mousse ahead of time. Then after your guests have finished eating dinner, remove the dessert from the refrigerator and serve right away.
Time
Allow 20-25 minutes to prepare these single serving dessert mousses with fresh berries and two hours for the dessert to set in the refrigerator. You can use your favorite berries, peaches or kiwi for the fruit topping. Our favorite fruit combination is kiwi, strawberries and blueberries.
Cooking Utensils
- 2 sauce pans or wash one in between use
- mixer, either handheld or stand mixer
- 2 medium sized-bowls for mixing
- spatula and wooden spoon
- individual glassware for single serving dessert mousse that can hold 3-4oz
Filing Recipe
- 12 ounces White Chocolate, finely chopped (we use quality white chocolate in bar form, not white chocolate chips) (the finer chop, the easier it is to melt)
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla
- 3 ¾ Cups chilled Whipping Cream
- ¼ Cup Sugar
- About 20 strawberries
- 3/4 to 1 cup of blueberries
- 1/4 cup of raspberries or kiwis
Instructions
- Place white chocolate and vanilla in a large bowl.
- In a sauce pan bring 1 cup of cream just to a simmer about 2-3 minutes.
- Gradually pour hot cream onto chopped chocolate and vanilla. Stir until chocolate is melted. This may take a while and it may look like it wants to separate. Keep stirring until it is smooth. A wooden spoon works the best for this as it doesn’t add air to the mixture when stirring.
- Cool to room temperature.
- Beat 2 cups cream and sugar in large bowl to stiff peaks. You may also add vanilla to taste here. Fold into chocolate mixture. Pour into individual serving dishes and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
If you have never heard the term stiff peaks, it means that when you lift your beaters from the mixture the peaks of the whipped cream will stand up and not fall. If the peaks are sagging then beat the mixture for another minute or two. Also remember not to over mix the ingredients. If you do over mix then your cream filing might be too hard.
Wash and prepare the fresh berries. Make sure you dry your fruit really well. Fruit naturally holds water but the outside needs to be dry before you add it to the white chocolate mousse. Add the berries to the top of the white chocolate mousse right before serving.
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