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Frozen mousse hearts with mirror glaze are a yummy treat, perfect for sharing and giving as a present for Valentine’s Day or any other day when you want to make someone’s day.
Making this dessert is pretty straightforward and doesn’t require any baking or complex cooking procedures. On the contrary, it’s perfect for making with kids. Moreover, you can make them in any shape you want if you can’t find a heart mold.
Given that I was prepping things for Valentine’s day, I chose a heart shape for the frozen mousse. The hearts acquired a sophisticated and cute look thanks to the mirror glaze.
What you need to make frozen mousse hearts with mirror glaze
A mirror glaze emulates the reflective power of a mirror through several features. I’ll tell you a few things about them to help you improve the technique and avoid common mistakes while making the glaze.
Smooth surface: air bubbles in the mixture are the worst enemies of the desired surface texture. While making the mixture for the glaze is crucial to care for uniformity.
Glaze thickness: viscosity is essential for consistency. Pouring the mirror glaze carefully over the mousse plays a huge part too.
Glossy ingredients: choosing the right ingredients for the mirror glaze is crucial. I have you covered because this recipe provides perfectly-measured components to get a beautiful mirror glaze.
How to make a perfect mirror glaze
Mirror glaze has a long history in French pastry, and it’s essential for quite a number of delicate recipes. It recently became more visible on social media and thanks to many viral videos, mirror glaze broke through thousands of new recipes.
Time needed: 15 minutes
Although there are different ways to make a mirror glaze, my steps are very straightforward:
- Hydrate the gelatin
- Hydrate two tablespoons of unflavored gelatin in half a cup of cold water.
- Mix base ingredients
- Mix condensed milk, sugar, vanilla, and water in a medium-sized pot on medium heat.
- Combine gelatin and the base
- When the gelatin gets hydrated, add it to the liquid and mix until it’s completely dissolved. Then, remove the mix from the heat.
- Add white chocolate and melt it
- Add white chocolate, and use the hot mixture to melt it. Then, mix slowly and gently using a spatu la. Here, avoid mixing it too much or using a fork or a whisk to prevent letting in the air.
- Separate the mixture
- Separate the mixture into different containers if you want them in different colors.
- Color the mirror glaze
- Use gel food coloring to keep the texture intact. Then, let the glaze cool for a bit because it needs to be at room temperature (between 93 and 99 degrees Fahrenheit) so it works better.
Find below all the ingredients to make this frozen mousse hearts with mirror glaze recipe. They’re perfect for Valentine’s Day and any moment you want to show your love!
Frozen Mousse Hearts with Mirror Glaze
Ingredients
- 3 tbsps of cold water
- 7 grams of unflavored gelatin
- 3½ cups of strawberries or raspberries
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 cup whipping cream
- ¼ cup Nutella
Mirror glaze
- 2 tbsp of unflavored gelatin, hydrated in ½ cup of cold water
- ½ cup condensed milk
- 1 cup sugar
- ¾ cup water
- 1 tsp clear vanilla extract
- 12 oz of white chocolate chips
- Gel food colorings
Instructions
Frozen mousse
- Cut the strawberries and hydrate the gelatin in cold water.
- Put the strawberries in a pot with sugar and let them boil little by little until it becomes semi-jelly. Now, strain to keep the liquid and add the hydrated gelatin. Then, cool down this liquid for a while.
- When the jam mix is at room temperature, take a pre-chilled bowl and whip cold heavy cream at the highest speed.
- After the cream rises, stop whipping and add the jam slowly. Mix with a spat in folding movements until the jelly and the cream integrate.
- Put the mix in a mold. Fill the mold halfway and pat it against a surface, so that it releases trapped air.
- Add a tablespoon of Nutella in the center and finish the mousse with more mix. Finish by smoothing the surface out.
- Put the mousse hearts in the freezer for at least 4 hours or overnight.
Mirror glaze
- About half an hour before mousses are ready, start making the famous mirror glaze.
- Hydrate gelatin again, just like before. While it's hydrating, prepare the rest of the glaze.
- Add condensed milk, sugar, vanilla, and water in a medium-sized pot on medium heat. Then mix, and when the gelatin is firmer, add it to the liquid and mix until it's completely dissolved. Now, remove the mix from the heat.
- Add white chocolate and melt it with the mix slowly and gently. Here avoid mixing it too much to prevent letting in the air.
- Separate the mixture into two containers to make two colors of glaze.
- You can use your favorite colors. For instance, I picked red and pink. Here use gel coloring so that the texture doesn't change. Now, let the glaze cool for a bit because they need to be at room temperature. Between 93 and 99 degrees Fahrenheit, so it works better.
- After a while, check them. If the temperature is correct, take the mold out of the freezer and remove each mousse carefully.
- Put the mousses in a rack that has waxed paper below. Then, glaze the mousse. Now, wait a bit before pouring a second layer. You can make a different design in this step.
- Stick the mousse hearts in the fridge before serving for at least 15 minutes. You can also cool them at room temperature for 30 minutes if you have spare time.
- Then, you'll only want to gift these beautiful mousse hearts to your loved ones! -or indulge yourself 😉
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