italian dessert recipes

Strawberry Mousse Recipe

Made with ricotta cheese


strawberry mousse recipe
This strawberry mousse recipe is one of those Italian dessert recipes made with ricotta cheese. Ricotta cheese recipes seem to be more popular since Cheesecake Factory and Olive Garden cranked up their franchised fake Italian food.




This recipe is very basic and very simple. It will take a bit of time to chill - so don't try and make it during dinner. If you have fresh strawberries by the ton and they are beginning to get overly ripe - THIS IS YOUR RECIPE!




Keep it real simple. Do the whole recipe in the blender!

See notes and questions below.



Strawberry Mousse Recipe

YIELD: Approx 6 large servings

Ingredients:



* 1/3 cup of sugar

* 1/4 cup of water

* 2 envelopes gelatin ( 1/4 oz each envelope)

* 3/4 teaspoon almond flavoring/extract

* 1 1/4 pound of strawberries hulled

* 1 1/2 cups of ricotta

Procedure

 * In a small sauce pan combine the sugar and water over low heat.

* Once combined - sprinkle the gelatin on top and take off of burner.

* Set aside to cool.

* Puree the strawberries ( after you hull them - of course).

* Add the gelatin mixture, and the ricotta plus the almond extract.

* Blend

* Pour the mixture in a prepared mold. (See note below)

* Refrigerate at least 6 hours.







Mold or spooned in bowls?

I kind of eye it. If I tended to put more strawberries in - than I have a wetter dessert. So I put it in cups or bowls. If I'm in a hurry and it's not quite chilled, then the same thing.

Can I do this in the blender all the way?
Heck yeah. I'm all for easy! That's what I do. Less dishes.


Whole or skim ricotta?

I'm not a fan of any low-fat dairy product. I feel they are too sicky sweet. BUT if you use a low-fat ricotta, DRAIN DRAIN DRAIN! Pat with a towel, and drain...drain....drain.




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Lisa Gianotti Superbowl Sunday is coming up! The best Italian Dessert Recipes for a party like this are ones that are:

FAST

Finger Foodish (not big hunky sticky globs of gooey-ness that get on your furniture)

And freeze-aheads

A couple of my favs for this are Cappucino Cookies (lots like choc chips but with a twist)

Anisette Cookies (Always on the top 5)

Rum Balls (Gingersnaps and Rum)

Let's not for get the drinks to go with the beer that will be present! Check out my Italian drinks section for that.

Lisa


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