Strawberry Mousse

Ingredients

• 1 quart thin cream
• 1 box strawberries
• 1 cup sugar
• ¼ box gelatine (scant) or
• 1¼ tablespoons granulated gelatine
• 2 tablespoons cold water
• 3 tablespoons hot water

Method

Wash and hull berries, sprinkle with sugar, and let stand one hour; mash, and rub through a fine sieve; add gelatine soaked in cold and dissolved in boiling water. Set in pan of ice-water and stir until it begins to thicken; then fold in whip from cream, put in mould, cover, pack in salt and ice, and let stand four hours. Raspberries may be used in place of strawberries.