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#ChocolateParty: White Chocolate Mousse with Strawberries and Strawberry Balsamic Vinegar Recipe
Ingredients
- 9 oz white chocolate, finely chopped (use a good quality chocolate; it should have cocoa butter in it)
- 4 T water
- 2 T vanilla extract
- 1½ cups heavy cream
- 2 t vanilla bean paste (or scrape seeds out of a vanilla bean)
- For assembling:
- 1 lb strawberries, half of them sliced
- white chocolate mousse
- strawberry infused balsamic vinegar
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