Recipe - Strawberry Snow (Mansikkalumi)

2 cup Fresh hulled strawberries,
or
2 pack (10 oz) frozen whole
strawberries, defrosted &
drained
One half cup Sugar
4 Egg whites
1 pn Salt
Three fourths cup Heavy cream, stiffly whipped
12 Whole strawberries, to 16

( A Finnish Dessert)

With the back of a large spoon, rub the fresh or thoroughly defrosted
frozen strawberries through a fine sieve into a small mixing bowl. Stir
into this puree the One half cup sugar, a little at a time. Using a balloontype
wire whisk, beat the egg whites and salt vigorously in a large bowl
(preferably of unlined copper) until the whites are stiff enough to form
unweavering peaks when the beater is lifted out of the bowl. With a gentle
underover cutting motion rather than a stirring motion, use a rubber
spatula to fold first the strawberry puree and then the whipped cream into
the egg whites. Pour the strawberry snow into an attractive serving bowl,
or individual dessert bowls, and decorate with the whole strawberries. This
dessert can be served at once, or it may be refrigerated for a few hours
and served later in the day.

Recipe by: Foods of the World (Time Life) Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1
#559 by Gerald Edgerton jerrye@wizard.com on Apr 09, 1997