Fresas Con Crema

This fresas con crema just may become your new favorite breakfast, snack, or dessert. Sweet, juicy strawberries are bathed in a rich, sweet, and very mildly tangy sauce!

Course Dessert

Cuisine Mexican

Keyword no bake strawberry desserts

Prep Time 15

Total Time 15

Servings servings

Calories 563kcal

Author Kathleen

Ingredients

3 pounds fresh strawberries half sliced lengthwise and half chopped into about 1/4 inch pieces
3/4 cup Mexican crema
1/4 cup sour cream
1 1/2 cups heavy cream
1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
fresh mint leaves, optional

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Instructions

Wash, hull, and slice half of the strawberries into 1/4 inch slices and the other half of the strawberries into about 1/4 inch cubes.
In a large mixing bowl, using a handheld electric mixer, mix Mexican crema (3/4 cup), sour cream (1/4 cup), heavy cream (1 1/2 cups), and sweetened condensed milk (1 can), and vanilla (2 teaspoons) on low speed until it is creamy, smooth, and there are no lumps from the sour cream.
Add 1/2 cup sliced strawberries into 6 small bowls or clear glasses. Top each cup with 1/2 cup sweet cream mixture, then top with cubed strawberries. Garnish the top with a sprig of mint if desired.
Serve immediately or store in the fridge.

Notes

Serving Dishes: You'll need a 10-12 ounce clear glass or a small bowl. Clear glass allows you to see the beauty of this dessert.
Different Fruit: This recipe is delicious with a mix of berries. My family loves this with a combination of blackberries, blueberries, strawberries, and raspberries. It's wonderful with mango, peaches, nectarines, or grapes, too.
Strawberry Cream: Some recipes will suggest processing more of the strawberries with the heavy cream until it's smooth. This is a delicious variation, but I must say, I prefer it as I make it in the recipe card below. I love the sweet, plain cream mixture with the strawberries.
Media Crema: This is a Mexican-style product made by Nestle, available at most larger supermarkets. It's Mexican table cream. Some people use this ingredient in the sauce. I prefer the combination on the recipe card, again. We use heavy cream in its place, which is richer and, in my opinion, makes a more delicious sauce.
Greek Yogurt: Swap the sour cream out with vanilla, strawberry, or plain Greek yogurt. Doing so will make the dessert a bit more tart and add some great protein to the dish.

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