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Strawberries with mint and cream

Minty confectioner's custard, diced strawberries and whipped cream.

207,9884.9/5 for 20 ratings

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Last modified on: February 21^th 2011

For 6 people, you will need:

1 250 g Confectioner's custard (Crème pâtissière, or French pastry cream)
2 1 handful fresh mint leaves
3 3 drops food colouring (optional)
4 250 g strawberries
5 ½ lemon
6 2 tablespoons Vanilla sugar
7 250 g Chantilly cream
Total weight: 855 grams

Change those ingredients for: 2 people 3 people 6 people 12 people 18 people

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How long does it take?

Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Start to finish
1 hour 30 min.	1 hour 30 min.

Keeping: Several hours in the fridge, covered by a plastic film.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 20 min.

Strawberries with mint and cream : Photo of step #1

Prepare 250 g Confectioner's custard (Crème pâtissière, or French pastry cream), but leave 1 handful fresh mint leaves in the hot milk to infuse for 15 minutes.

Stage 2 - 25 min.

Strawberries with mint and cream : Photo of step #2

Then proceed as usual for confectioner's custard (French pastry cream).

You can add 3 drops food colouring (green) when cold.

Stage 3 - 15 min.

Strawberries with mint and cream : Photo of step #3

Wash 250 g strawberries, add 2 tablespoons Vanilla sugar, juice of ½ lemon and mix well.

Stage 4 - 10 min.

Strawberries with mint and cream : Photo of step #4

Prepare 250 g Chantilly cream.

Stage 5 - 5 min.

Strawberries with mint and cream : Photo of step #5

Start to assemble dessert: in a glass put a layer of mint custard about 0.5 inch thick.

Stage 6 - 5 min.

Strawberries with mint and cream : Photo of step #6

Add a layer of strawberries, at least twice as deep.

Stage 7 - 5 min.

Strawberries with mint and cream : Photo of step #7

Finish with a layer of whipped cream.

Stage 8 - 5 min.

Strawberries with mint and cream : Photo of step #8

Decorate with mint leaves and a small biscuit or cookie.

Serve without delay.

If you finish early, leave in the fridge, but for not more than half an hour.

Remarks

You can lighten the custard a little by gently folding into it ¼ of the whipped cream.

If you want to prepare in advance, make confectioner's custard the day before, but cut strawberries and whip cream at the last minute.

Tip for better keeping: the whipped cream layer should completely cover stramberries to protect from air and prevent oxydation.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,334 Kcal or 5,585 Kj	26 gr	130 gr	88 gr
67 %	10 %	12 %	13 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
156 Kcal or 653 Kj	3 gr	15 gr	10 gr
8 %	1 %	1 %	2 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
222 Kcal or 929 Kj	4 gr	22 gr	15 gr
11 %	2 %	2 %	2 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 6 people : 6.32 €
Per person : 1.05 €

Note : These prices are only approximate

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Source

Home made.

More recipes?

This recipe uses (among others)

	Chantilly cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Millefeuille, Warm apple feuillantines, Peach Melba, Strawberry Verveine Tart , Pavlova, ... All
	Strawberries: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Strawberry tart, You should not soak strawberries in water, Fraisier (French strawberry cake), Strawberry sorbet, Strawberry-mint sorbet, ... All
	Confectioner's custard (Crème pâtissière, or French pastry cream): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Strawberry Verveine Tart , Pear and lime meringue pie, Peach and green tea tart, Diplomat cream, Millefeuille, ... All
	Vanilla sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Crusty pistachio, almond and apricot flan, Gâteau Basque , Stewed apricots, Cherry clafoutis, Mirlitons, ... All

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