Strawberry and Pink Peppercorn Mousse

Macadamia oat crumb with a fresh berry salad and basil foam

Prep Time:
110 mins
Cook Time:
30 mins
Serves:
4
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Recipe by Archer Houghton

2024 Golden Chef of the Year

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Made With Nestlé Professional Products

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Ingredients

Mousse

  • 400ml cream
  • 60ml strawberry coulis
  • 7g gelatine
  • 2.5g pink peppercorns
  • 110g NESTLÉ DOCELLO Snowcap White Compound Chocolate

Coconut Genoise

  • 2 Eggs
  • 71g sugar
  • 50g flour
  • 40g MAGGI Coconut Milk Powder Mix

Strawberry Coulis

  • 1 cup berries
  • ¾ cup sugar syrup
  • ½ lemon juice
  • 2g gelatine

Macadamia Oat Crumb

  • 100g flour
  • 75g brown sugar
  • 75g butter
  • 37g oats
  • 80g macadamia

Basil Foam

  • ¼ bunch basil
  • 125ml sugar syrup
  • 2g gelatine
  • ¼ lemon juice

Sugar Syrup

  • 200g sugar
  • 400ml water

Method

Mousse

1. Heat 100ml of cream in a pot with pink peppercorns and infuse while you whip your 300ml cream. Once cream is at a simmer add your bloomed gelatine and strawberry coulis. Pour hot cream over the NESTLÉ DOCELLO Snowcap White Compound Chocolate and whisk until smooth then set into mould.

Coconut Genoise

1. Beat eggs and sugar until triple in volume then add your sifted flour and MAGGI Coconut Milk Powder Mix, fold through and bake at 175c for 10-15 min.

Strawberry Coulis

1. Boil all ingredients together then blend until smooth. Pass coulis through a sieve then set liquid with gelatine.

2. Set ¾ aside and then pour the coulis into a silicone mould with blueberries and raspberries and place into the freezer.

Macadamia Oat Crumb

1. Melt butter on the stove then in a separate bowl add your other ingredients ,whisk so all the ingredients are combined, pour over butter and bake at 175-180c for 10-15min.

Basil Foam

1. Blanch basil in boiling water then cool in ice bath ice water. Add sugar syrup to a blender with basil and blend until smooth, meanwhile heat a little sugar syrup on the stove and add bloomed gelatine. Strain liquid and place into an espuma gun, once charged, cool in the fridge.

Sugar Syrup

1. Place sugar and water into a pot, mix and simmer until sugar is dissolved.

To Serve

1. Place crumb on the plate first and then the mousse. Toss the berries in sugar syrup and basil and arrange near the mousse. Pipe the basil foam onto the plate along with your basil leaves.