Strawberry Rose Chocolate Verrines
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Rich and creamy chocolate mousse is topped with a sweet and floral strawberry rosewater sauce, for a romantic dessert that's perfect for Valentine's Day. This easy, no-bake dessert comes together in minutes and is naturally gluten-free.
Champagne
Strawberries
Oranges
Beets
Filet Mignon
Lobster
Cream
Chocolate
Rosewater
Rice
Lots of fun possibilities, right?
I ended up using chocolate, cream, strawberries, and rosewater.
It looks kinda fancy, doesn't it? It's totally not! I swear, this dessert is a snap to make!
The chocolate layer whips up in about 2 minutes flat. I made it in the blender! The recipe I used called it a mousse, but I found the texture to be really dense and fudgy, more like a truffle or pot de crème. If you lay your champagne flutes on their sides, in a bowl, you can pour in the mousse and set it in the fridge for this cool diagonal effect.
Once the chocolate is set up, the strawberry sauce is as simple as stirring a few drops of rosewater into some strawberry preserves. Spoon the syrupy sweet mixture over the chocolate and top with softly whipped cream.
I found my rosewater at a regular grocery store. It wasn't a specialty food store, but it was a little more upscale. It was in the ethnic foods section. It's often used in Indian and middle eastern cooking. If you can't find it at the supermarket, maybe try an Asian grocery. Or you could order it from this source.
You only need a few drops to bring a subtle floral note to the strawberries that is so lovely.
Talk about romantic!
This is a perfect dessert for a romantic Valentines Day dinner at home. It's so easy to make, so you'll have lots of time to spend with your sweetie.
This is a perfect dessert for a romantic Valentine's Day dinner at home. It's so easy to make, so you'll have lots of time to spend with your sweetie.
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10. Red Velvet Beet Cupcakes by Yummy Healthy Easy
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12. Strawberry Rose Chocolate Verrines by Baking a Moment
Be sure to pop over and say hi! And give a warm welcome to our guest posters this month, Monica and Caroline of Pass the Cocoa.
Now, on a bit of a sad note, this also marks the final month that our friend and Mystery Dish founder, See Hubby Cook, will be joining us. Maybe I shouldn't say sad, because they are truly on to bigger and better things, and I couldn't be happier for them. But they will certainly be missed among the group, and I just want to give a heartfelt thank you to Dani and JT for bringing this group together and allowing me to be a part of it. I'm so grateful for all the fun and friends it's brought me, and I wish you guys all the best with your adoption! Life with a little one is such a fun adventure!
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Ingredients
- 1 cup strawberry preserves
- ½ teaspoon rose water
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 egg, (large)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
- fresh strawberries,, for garnish
Instructions
Make the Strawberry Rose Sauce:
- Stir the strawberry preserves together with the rosewater, and set aside.
Make the Chocolate Mousse:
- Heat the cream until simmering.
- Place chocolate chips, egg, and vanilla extract into a blender and blend for 30 seconds.
- Remove the center of the blender lid, and slowly pour the hot cream in, while the machine is running. Blend until well mixed and chocolate chips are melted.
- Pour into glasses and chill until set.
Make the Topping:
- Whip the cream and sugar together until soft peaks form.
Assemble the Verrines:
- Spoon the strawberry rose sauce over the chilled chocolate mousse, and top with whipped cream.
- Garnish with fresh strawberries.
What a stunning and elegant dessert Allie! The mousse looks so decadent and I love all the ingredients you used in here! Pinning these gorgeous photos! Aaw, and what a precious picture of your lil guy - so adorable 🙂
Thanks, Kelly! He was my assistant that day 😉 I'm so happy you liked the recipe- it was super rich and decadent for sure. Just the kind of splurge you'd want on Valentine's Day. Hope you're enjoying your weekend, dear! <3
Simply stunning! The mousse looks incredibly decadent and so gorgeous! I love fancy-looking desserts like this. pinned. 🙂
Thank you so much for sharing on Pinterest, Sarah! This recipe is so super decadent- you nailed it! The chocolate part is so rich and the strawberry part is really sweet. I'm so happy you liked it! 😀 😀 😀
Such a beautiful dessert, Allie! I have never heard of rosewater and now you have made me want to try it! Your photos are stunning! Thanks for coming up with such a great list this month :-).
Hi Rachel! I've only recently discovered it myself. I'm a sucker for a fun and unusual ingredient, lol! I'm so glad you liked the list! Thanks for the sweet comment 😉
These are absolutely gorgeous!
Aw, thank you Natasha! That means a lot coming from you!!! Everything you bake is stunning! 😉
These are so pretty! What a great idea and how simply easy you've made it for all of us. Thank you!
My pleasure Katy! 😀
So romantic Allie, I can totally see myself making this for my sweetie! Love how fancy it looks and then how simple it actually is. Those kinda dishes are the best, cuz lets be honest no one likes to be in the kitchen for 2 hours straight! 🙂
Loved the ingredients you picked this month Allie! Definitely a challenge. 🙂 Pinned
These look like perfection! I love the idea of the mystery dish. Seems fun. You did great!
Thanks for hosting this month, Allie! Such a fun set of ingredients. These look gorgeous!
Thank you Christine! I had a lot of fun hosting; can't wait to do it again!
Oh Allie! You always outshine us all! That picture of your son at the end is PRICELESS, it took me a second to figure out what was going on lol but then it hit me. So adorable! I sometimes have my nephews hold my backgrounds up for me too 😉
Oh, stop, Mimi! Nothing could outshine those magnificent cream puffs of yours... genius! xoxo
Allie, everything you make is sheer perfection. This looks gorgeous and delicious. I can't believe something this fancy is so easy to make! I've never used rose water before but now I'm intrigued. I'm glad you halved it because I'm tired of making giant batches of dessert that I end up polishing off myself!
I know, right? I can't keep all this stuff in my house! Lol... And thanks for the sweet compliment. I hope you are feeling better...?
These are absolutely stunning!! And so romantic Allie 🙂
Thank you Zainab! I discovered rosewater over the summer and I couldn't wait to use it in a Valentines recipe 😉
These looks absolutely beautiful. I bet they're super delicious too.
I just bought a bottle of rose water because I've been craving fresh floral flavors, gotta try this out now!
Ha ha, I've had mine in the cupboard for a while and I couldn't wait for Valentine's to roll around so I could use it again! I love the flavor, as long as it's used sparingly. Too much and it starts to taste like soap, lol! But it's really nice with berries especially. Thanks so much, Graham!
Awwwwwwww, Allie!!! If I could squeeze you in a big hug right now, I would! I'm SOOOOOOOO glad to have "met" you and worked with you. This is not goodbye, this is more like I'll see you around, just not on our own food blog...right?
Right. Yes. No crying...will not cry.
I thought your ingredients were awesome. So fancy! But I'll admit...it took me two weeks before I realized they were fancy because of Valentine's Day. I don't know if that's a sign of us having random cake day so often we don't notice the actual holidays or life getting super busy (or both), but I totally spaced it. And your dish looks super fancy to boot, considering it's crazy easy! Very smooth lady, very smooth 😉
You are too sweet and I know we will still be "seeing" each other around. We're bound to bump into each other! But honestly, I do thank you so much for including me in this group. It's been a blast, in so many ways. 😉
oh my goodness Allie! These are gorgeous! love!!!
Thanks so much Alice! Hope you have a fabulous Valentines Day xoxo
Those glasses look absolutely incredible! I want I want!
Thank you Jocelyn! They were pretty decadent, but hey, that's what Valentine's Day is all about, right?
So romantic, Allie
Thank you, Kelly! I had a lot of fun coming up with that one 😉
That's strange I wrote more than that... Anyways wanted to comment that I like that you tilted the glass while it set. Also, that you made mousse look easy which I believe is an intimidating recipe 😉
Oh, thanks! Well this was kind of an odd mousse recipe... I mean, they called it mousse but the texture wasn't really foamy at all. It was delicious though! And certainly easy! I'd recommend it if you're looking for something very rich and decadent 🙂