Strawberry and Elderflower Mousses

Recipe

Makes around 6 (depending on the size of your moulds)

Time: 1 hour, plus chilling time

Ingredients

For the elderflower mousse

• 88ml milk
• 1 leaf of gelatine
• 1 egg yolk
• 15g sugar
• 8g cornflour
• 1 ½ tbsp elderflower cordial
• 200ml double cream

For the strawberry mousse

• 250g frozen strawberries
• 25g caster sugar
• 140g marshmallows
• 200ml double cream

To decorate

• Fresh double cream
• A sprig of mint
• Fresh strawberries

Method

1. Begin by making the elderflower mousse. Put the milk into a pan and place over a gentle heat to warm through to just below the boil.
2. Fill a small bowl with cold water and add the gelatine leaf. Leave to soften.
3. Put the egg yolk, sugar, cornflour and elderflower cordial into a bowl and whisk until smooth.
4. Pour the warm milk over the egg yolk mixture, whisking constantly until combined.
5. Pour the mixture back into the pan and heat gently, whisking all the time, until the mixture thickens.
6. Squeeze the gelatine to remove the excess water and then add it to the warm custard. Whisk in to dissolve and then pour the custard into a bowl. Cover with clingfilm to prevent a skin forming and then leave to cool to room temperature.
7. Whisk the double cream to soft peaks and then fold it into the cooled custard until smooth.
8. Pipe/spoon this mousse into the moulds and leave in the fridge to set.
9. Now make the strawberry mousse. Put the frozen strawberries into a pan with 100ml water and the sugar. Gently heat until the strawberries have defrosted and are soft.
10. Puree the strawberry mixture with a hand blender until it’s a smooth puree.
11. Add the marshmallows to the hot strawberry puree and stir until they dissolve. Leave to cool completely.
12. Whisk the cream to soft peaks. Fold the cream into the cooled strawberry mix and then spoon into a pipping bag.
13. Pipe the strawberry mousse over the set elderflower mousse, use the back of a teaspoon to level it out if needed, and then leave in the fridge to set completely.
14. To decorate whisk the fresh cream to soft peaks. Pipe in a swirl on the top of the mousses and finish with a sprig of mint and a wedge of fresh strawberry!

Thanks for reading!

Emma x