White Chocolate and Strawberry Mousse for Bake Along #12 modified to use agar agar flakes

• Fresh Strawberries – 200 gms ( 12 to 15 medium sized ) plus 4 to 5 for garnishing
• White Chocolate – 100 gms
• Gelatin / Agar agar – 2.5 g 
• Water – 1/4 cup ( plus 1 tablespoon for topping)
• Fresh whipping cream – 200 gms ( dairy or non-dairy with 30 % or more fat content)
• Icing sugar – 1/4 cup ( plus 1 tablespoon for topping)
• Granulated white sugar – 1 teaspoon
• Pure vanilla extract – 1 teaspoon

Method:

1. Chill the bowl, blades and fresh whipping cream in fridge for at least 15 minutes
2. powder the agar agar sheets in a blender and soak in cold water (60 ml) for 20 to 30 minutes.
3. Hull the strawberries ( remove the green calyx). Cut them into pieces and process it until smooth in your small jar food processor. Strain it and collect the fine strawberry pulp. Measure 1/2 cup of the pulp and reserve the remaining for the topping.
4. Chop the white chocolate and melt it in microwave in busts of 30 seconds until fully melted. Set aside
5. Heat the agar agar powder with the soaked water until agar agar dissolves
6. Take 1/4 cup of the cream in a heavy bottomed saucepan and add 1/4 cup icing sugar to it and heat up the saucepan. Once the sugar dissolves fully, strain and add the hot agar agar mixture into it and mix well until it dissolves completely in the heat. 
7. Add this mixture into the melted white chocolate and mix well. Now add 1/2 cup of the strawberry pulp and mix them all well.
8. Take fresh whipping cream in the chilled bowl, add sugar and beat with chilled blades on medium high speed until soft peaks form.
9. Now add the strawberry mixture and pure vanilla extract into the whipped cream and fold until everything blends well.
10. Now scoop the mousse into the dessert cups leaving space for the topping. 
11. For the topping, add 1 tablespoon of icing sugar to the reserved remaining strawberry pulp. 
12. Soak 1.25 g (1/4) teaspoon agar agar in 1 tablespoon of water. Heat this and add it to the heated remaining strawberry puree.  Mix them all well. Now spoon this topping over the mousse on dessert cups.