French · Dessert

Mont-Blanc aux Fraises

Name: Mont-Blanc aux Fraises
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 60 g granulated sugar; 60 ml water; 1 vanilla bean, split, seeds scraped and reserved; 500 ml heavy cream (at least 36% fat), very cold; 40 g powdered sugar; 50 g wild or alpine strawberries (fraises des bois); 500 g large ripe strawberries, hulled; 3 halved for the top; 40 g caster sugar, for rolling

A snowy dome of stiff vanilla Chantilly folded with tiny wild strawberries steeped in cold vanilla syrup, ringed with sugared berries and studded with halves. A summer Mont-Blanc with no chestnut in sight.

YieldServes 6
Hands-on30 min
Total1 h 35 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

Vanilla syrup

60 ggranulated sugar
60 mlwater
1vanilla bean, split, seeds scraped and reserved

Chantilly

500 mlheavy cream (at least 36% fat), very cold
40 gpowdered sugar

Strawberries

50 gwild or alpine strawberries (fraises des bois)
500 glarge ripe strawberries, hulled; 3 halved for the top
40 gcaster sugar, for rolling

Diet

Vegetarian (lacto-ovo)

Contains

Dairy
Corn (maize)
Berries (any)
Strawberry
Vanilla
Lactose
FODMAPs (any)

Taste

Sweet
Sour / bright
Richness / fat
Aromatic spice

Texture

Creamy

Equipment

Stovetop

Season

Spring
Summer

Occasion

Entertaining

Effort

20–45 min active
1–3 hours total
Difficulty 2
Kid-friendly

Nutrition

Calories: low
Protein: low
Carbs: moderate
Fat: moderate
Fiber: low
Sodium: low

Budget

Budget: moderate

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