Strawberry Bavarian Cream Recipe – Creme’ Bavarios
Strawberry Bavarian Cream Recipe – Creme Bavaria
The Classic strawberry Bavarian cream often called Creme Bavaria is a pastry cream based dessert with the luxury of whipped cream and strawberry. Rich, delicious but super easy to create. A few extra steps in the making but a truly impressive desert if you want to impress friend and family.
Strawberry Bavarian Cream Dessert Recipe
Technically Bavarian cream also known as Bavaria is a dessert similar to pastry cream, thickened with gelatin instead of flour or cornstarch which is a custard sauce thickened with eggs. (definition taken from Wikipedia) and that’s exactly what we’re going to do!
Strawberry Bavarian Cream Recipe – Creme Bavaria
Let’s talk ingredients and Substitutes
- Gelatin – I often substitute gelatin with Agar Agar to make this vegetarian. I don’t see the process chaning much – you can continue with the process the same way as shown below.
- Eggless – Yes you can make this an eggless dessert – just replace the classic French Pastry Cream with my eggless pastry cream and use agar agar in place of gelatin.
Strawberry Bavarian Creme – Creme Bavaria
Simple and Easy
I know this looks like so much to do but truly it’s really a very simple and easy recipe to make. It’s does require a bit of organization and attention but once you done it a few times… piece of cake. I promise.
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Strawberry Bavarian Cream Dessert Recipe
Progress pictures?
Now I did a very detailed post with progress pictures for my Strawberry Bavarian Cream Cake Recipe – and if you look at that post – you will see all the steps and process is the same.
Strawberry Bavarian Creme Recipe – Strawberry Bavaria
Recipe – Strawberry Bavarian Cream Recipe – Creme Bavaria.
Makers 12 to 15 depending on size of dessert cups
Ingredients
For the Pastry Cream
- Whole milk – 375 ml (1 1/2 cup)
- White sugar – 100 grams (1/2 cup)
- Egg yolks – 4 nos
- Cornstarch – 2 tbsp
- Vanilla – 1 tsp
For the Strawberry Bavarian Cream
- Whipping Cream – 250 ml (1 cup)
- Strawberries blended- 2 cups
- White Sugar – 2 tbsp
- Gelatin – 2 tbsp (see notes above for substitutes)
For the Strawberry Mirror Glaze
- Strawberries blended – 1/2 cup (about 2 cups whole strawberries)
- Lemon Juice – 1 tbsp
- White Sugar – 2 tbsp
- Cornstarch – 1 tsp
- Water – 1/4 cup
- Strawberry extract- 1/4 tsp (optional) or Strawberry liquor – 1 tbsp
Strawberry Bavarian Cream Recipe – Creme Bavaria
Method
Prepare Strawberries for Bavarian Cream
- Place two cups blended strawberry in a sauce pan with 2 tbsp sugar.
- Cook on low until it is reduced to half the quantity –
- Once done – add the gelatin and keep warm.
Prepare Pastry Cream
- Bring milk to almost boiling.
- In a bowl add the egg yolks, sugar, cornstarch and vanilla. Whisk well until nice and foamy.
- Add hot milk to the whipped eggs a few tablespoon at a time to avoid the eggs scrambling
- Once all the milk is incorporated in to the eggs – pour the mixture back into the milk pot and cook on low heat.
- Stir continuously until the mixture thickens to a thick custard. This will happen quickly since the quantity of yolks to milk is high.
Note: Do not leave custard unattended to avoid curdling. - One custard is ready – add the prepared strawberry gelatin mixture.
- Add 2 drops of pink food color if you want
- Strain this mixture while still warm into a clean bowl.
- Cover with cling wrap and set aside in a warm place.
Prepare Strawberry Mirror Glaze
- Place blended strawberries, lemon juice and sugar in a sauce pan over low heat
- In a separate bowl combine cornstarch and water.
- Add cornstarch mixture to the strawberries
- Cook on low for a minute until thick
- Strain and set aside – keep warm until ready to use.
- If necessary you can warm it up to bring to consistency.
Assembly
- Whip the cream until stiff peaks
- Fold whipped cream to the strawberry pastry cream mixture
- Pour the mixture into a piping bag for easy pour and fill your dessert cups with the mixture.
- Let set in the fridge for an hour until set
- Pour the slightly warm mirror glaze on the set Bavarian cream
- Chill for a few hours (3 to 4 hours) until the dessert is chilled well before serving.
Strawberry Bavarian Cream Recipe – Creme Bavaria
Recipe Card – Strawberry Bavarian Creme Recipe – Creme Bavaria
Strawberry Bavarian Cream Recipe - Creme Bavaria
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Yield 12 cups
The Classic strawberry Bavarian cream often called Creme Bavaria is a pastry cream based dessert with the luxury of whipped cream and strawberry. Rich, delicious but super easy to create. A few extra steps in the making but a truly impressive desert if you want to impress friend and family.
Ingredients
For the Pastry Cream
- Whole milk - 375 ml (1 1/2 cup)
- White sugar - 100 grams (1/2 cup)
- Egg yolks - 4 nos
- Cornstarch - 2 tbsp
- Vanilla - 1 tsp
For the Strawberry Bavarian Cream
- Whipping Cream - 250 ml (1 cup)
- Strawberries blended- 2 cups
- White Sugar - 2 tbsp
- Gelatin - 2 tbsp (see notes above for substitutes)
For the Strawberry Mirror Glaze
- Strawberries blended - 1/2 cup (about 2 cups whole strawberries)
- Lemon Juice - 1 tbsp
- White Sugar - 2 tbsp
- Cornstarch - 1 tsp
- Water - 1/4 cup
- Strawberry extract- 1/4 tsp (optional) or Strawberry liquor - 1 tbsp
Instructions
Prepare Strawberries for Bavarian Cream
- Place two cups blended strawberry in a sauce pan with 2 tbsp sugar.
- Cook on low until it is reduced to half the quantity -
- Once done - add the gelatin and keep warm.
Prepare Pastry Cream
- Bring milk to almost boiling.
- In a bowl add the egg yolks, sugar, cornstarch and vanilla. Whisk well until nice and foamy.
- Add hot milk to the whipped eggs a few tablespoon at a time to avoid the eggs scrambling
- Once all the milk is incorporated in to the eggs - pour the mixture back into the milk pot and cook on low heat.
- Stir continuously until the mixture thickens to a thick custard. This will happen quickly since the quantity of yolks to milk is high.Note: Do not leave custard unattended to avoid curdling.
- One custard is ready - add the prepared strawberry gelatin mixture.
- Add 2 drops of pink food color if you want
- Strain this mixture while still warm into a clean bowl.
- Cover with cling wrap and set aside in a warm place.
Prepare Strawberry Mirror Glaze
- Place blended strawberries, lemon juice and sugar in a sauce pan over low heat
- In a separate bowl combine cornstarch and water.
- Add cornstarch mixture to the strawberries
- Cook on low for a minute until thick
- Strain and set aside - keep warm until ready to use.
- If necessary you can warm it up to bring to consistency.
Assembly
- Whip the cream until stiff peaks
- Fold whipped cream to the strawberry pastry cream mixture
- Pour the mixture into a piping bag for easy pour and fill your dessert cups with the mixture.
- Let set in the fridge for an hour until set
- Pour the slightly warm mirror glaze on the set Bavarian cream
- Chill for a few hours (3 to 4 hours) until the dessert is chilled well before serving.
Courses Dessert
Cuisine French
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 0.5 cup
Amount Per Serving | ||
|---|---|---|
Calories 140 | ||
% Daily Value | ||
Total Fat 6 g | 9% | |
Saturated Fat 18 g | 90% | |
Cholesterol 90 mg | 30% | |
Sodium 25 mg | 1% | |
Total Carbohydrates 17 g | 6% | |
Sugars 15 g | ||
Protein 4 g | 8% | |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Doesn’t that look creamy and luxurious?
Strawberry Bavarian Cream – Creme Bavaria
Made this last weekend – was very delicious and easy. Thank you !
Thank you Uziel. So happy to here you enjoyed this recipe. Thank you for coming back to write this feedback. Always happy to here from those who try my recipes. Please do tag me on Instagram @veenaazmanov when you share so I can see it. Or you can share it with me on my Facebook Page.
This dessert looks absolutely beautiful and delicious! Love this type of desserts during the summer and will definitely try yours!
Thanks Veronika. Yes me too. I love these because they really look so impressive. People thing you spend all day working over it.
What a stunning yet simple dessert! I’ll definitely be making this for our next get-together!
Thanks Claire. Let me know what you think if you try it.
I’m a sucker for bavarian cream and LOVE strawberries. I feel like you’ve created my dream dessert!
Thanks J. We love Bavarian cream too and make it often.
This looks divine!! My daughter would go crazy over this recipe! I love that you can also make it eggless! Beautiful pictures! So appetizing!
Thanks Amanda. Yes, you can make it classic or eggless both are absolutely delicious.
I love how detailed you are with your instructions. You explain how to make it so well. I also like how you provide vegetarian alternatives!
Thank you Rezel. Happy to hear you found this recipe useful. Yes, I love to give you all the information so you can get the outcome I have without any issues.
Such a lovely dessert for a spring special occasion. I love that it can be made ahead of time and then chilled. Going to put this on the must-try list for strawberry season!
Thank you Carol. Yes, you can make a lot of it’s components ahead of time. I hope you try it.
These look absolutely lovely. I am making these for my next dinner party. Thank you for the great instructions.
Thank you Katie. I hope you try – its’ really easy and very elegant
Such a tasty, refined little treat! And I love the pretty pink color!
Thank you Amy. It’s really easy too!
What an elegant dessert! This looks perfect for date night. And you could easily mix up the berries, and use whatever is in season
Absolutely karyl – There is so much you can do wit this recipe for sure.
This strawberry Bavarian Cream is such a pretty color! Love that mirror glaze. What a perfect dessert this would be for Valentine’s Day.
Absolutely Amanda. Would definitely be perfect dessert for Valentines’ day
i have never really worked with gelatin but now you are tempting me to give it a try.
Thank you Dixya. Yes you must try gelatin – it’s really easy to work with. Thanks
The colors here are just beautiful and romantic!! Perfect timing for Valentine’s Day. Can’t wait to try it!
Thank you Dominique. If you do try . please let me know what you think.