the weekend that is.  for father's day we had a lovely meal of veggie burgers, roast potato salad with a balsamic-dijon dressing {recipe coming soon!} and this lovely goodness finished us off - quite literally.  it is one of my favorite summer desserts and is another recipe that i discovered in a food & wine magazine in my early 20s.  it always reminds me of my dear friend who is like my baby sister, heather.  while living together in italy, she would ask for it constantly and if you know my dear heather - you know you simply can not deny her... i do hope you enjoy this sweet summer treat...

strawberry mint mousse:

{unless otherwise noted, all ingredients are organic}

~ 4 c. hulled and sliced strawberries

~ 1/2 c. turbinado sugar

~ 16 oz. lite sour cream

~ 1 pint heavy whipping cream

~ 1/4 c. powdered sugar

~ 1/2 t. pure vanilla extract

~ sprigs of fresh mint

combine the strawberries and the turbinado sugar in a bowl and stir to coat the strawberries thoroughly.  cover and refrigerate for at least 3 hours and up to 24 hours.  when ready, drain the juice created by the strawberries and sugar into a bowl and set the strawberries aside.  whisk the sour cream into the strawberry juice - set aside.  pour the heavy cream into a mixing bowl and begin to whisk slowly adding the vanilla nd powdered sugar {the colder the whisk and the bowl are - the faster the heavy cream will whip - i always stick my whisk attachment and bowl in the freezer for about 10 minutes before making whipped cream}.  when the sugar begins to disappear into the cream, begin to whisk at a greater speed until stiff peaks form.  you do not want to over beat heavy cream as it will break.  when the whipped cream is ready, add about a third of the sour cream and strawberry mixture - folding it in slowly - you do not want to beat or mix this as you will loose all the air in the whipped cream.  repeat this folding action until all of the sour cream mixture is combined with the whipped cream.  repeat this with the strawberries - slowly folding them in.  spoon into a favorite cup - top with mint and savor.

xoox~jla

Comments

[Jen]

Oh gosh, what a great recipe for an over-abundance of strawberries!

[alicia]

mmmm! i hope to go strawberry picking this week, and then I will certainly be trying this.

[Molly]

Oh, it does look wonderful... we have strawberry picking in a little over a week in these parts. :) And so good too!

[Anna]

OH, my this looks SO heavenly. !!! I have about 5 varieties of mint growing in my back yard right now (in pots) and always need an excuse to use them. stawberries + summer = pure goodness. :-) Thanks for sharing!

[Emily Abigail]

Oh, this looks sooo delicious!

[Aran]

i am compltely in love with the mood of your blog... just so nostalgic, calm yet bright. and this looks like a refreshing, healthy and easy mousse. just lovely.

[Toast 2 Mom]

I was thinking about this recipe yesterday...knowing it was on your menu! Yum!

[nicole]

hello, friend! this looks and sounds great.

[tyler]

oh, delightful. thanks for sharing the recipe. sounds like the 'non-meat eating' is going well thus far. i was so inspired by your 'green' post i expanded the dialog on my blog and linked to yours. thanks again for the thoughtful chat.

[Patricia Scarpin]

I love strawberry mousse but have never tried it with mint. What a great recipe!

[kosenrufu mama]

it sounds delicius.....!!!!!i love strawberry!!!!;)

[Sophie]

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[Kristin]

ooh my mouth is watering just looking at it. So simple and so perfectly summer.