Vegan Bavarois aux Fruits

[Vegan Strawberry or Raspberry Bavarian Cream — and other fruits]

This recipe calls for raspberries or strawberries...but Julia says you can use other fruits as well...peaches sound delicious for this creamy and airy dessert...

...I've made a couple of versions of Bavarois before...the master recipe VEGAN BAVAROIS À L’ORANGE was pretty delicious and this strawberry version is too...

...first you'll need a vegan custard...I'm using Bird's for the base...and adding the agar-agar for the gelatin...

...just cooking the custard using the Bird's directions...

...purée the fresh strawberries...Julia says to pass it through a seive...but I did not...I like strawberry seeds...

...whip some cream...you could use aqua faba here...but this Trader Joes vegan whipping cream is pretty awesome...and whips up in about 30 seconds...aqua faba usually takes a few minutes of whipping...

...perfectly whipped vegan cream...

...fold the strawberry purée and the whipped vegan cream into the vegan custard...

...and pour into a mold...I'd seen several image online of this dessert in a round mold with a defined edge...but I don't have one...so I'm just using a pyrex bowl for sort of the same effect...

...after a couple of hours in the fridge...it set up nicely...

...and unmolded with no issues...

...added some decorative strawberries around the base...like the images I'd seen on the interwebs...

...topped with the leftover sauce as Julia recommends...

...it would of course be prettier with a nice square edged mold...but this is pretty too...

...and finally more whipped vegan cream...

...it really is a pretty dessert...company-worthy...

...and it held its shape pretty well when sliced...

...and it is oh-my-goodness delicious...so creamy and fruity and light and airy...

Substitutions

Bird's Custard
Vegan Trader Joe's whipped cream...

Recipe here: Mastering the Art of French Cooking pp. 599-600