Fresh Strawberry Mousse

Name: Fresh Strawberry Mousse
Yield: Serves 4 to 6
Ingredients: 2 pounds (907 grams), strawberries, hulled (6 1/2 cups); 1/2 cup (3 1/2 ounces/99 grams), sugar; Pinch, salt; 1 3/4 teaspoons, unflavored gelatin; 4 ounces (113 grams), cream cheese, cut into 8 pieces and softened; 1/2 cup, heavy cream, chilled

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By Sarah Mullins ･ Appears in Cook's Illustrated May/June 2014, America's Test Kitchen TV

Here’s a juicy problem: How to get a creamy mousse with bright, concentrated fruit flavor out of bland, watery supermarket strawberries.

SERVES 4 to 6

TIME 50 minutes, plus 45 minutes resting and 4 hours chilling

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