Mastiha Dessert a Creamy With Strawberries and Mint

Last but not least, the mastiha dessert with strawberries. Today we are dedicated to the end of the meal! To the sweet note that ends a good menu. And there is no self-respecting menu without a dessert worthy of attention. Your diners will not be indifferent with this creamy mastiha dessert with strawberries and mint. Semifreddo is a sweet that pampers the palate, without weighing down the stomach.

A light delight therefore because it is offered in small quantities and accompanied by fresh strawberries topped with a mince of mint leaves.

In the meantime, perhaps, you are wondering what mastiha is. Quickly said! Mastiha is a Greek liqueur, flavoured with mastic (a resin obtained from the mastic tree). Characteristic of this liqueur, from the D.O.P. of the Greek island of Chios, is the strong pine flavour. Including what kind of aroma we are talking about, you will be a little more able to imagine the peculiar flavour of our creamy mastiha dessert with strawberries and mint.

You can evaluate this proposal if you are looking for a different than usual sweet, refined and atypical. To be enjoyed with a spoon, fresh but not frozen, this creamy is particularly suitable for summer because it refreshes the palate with the mint flavour. Does the mastiha remind you of the shots of the holiday in Greece? You will love the taste of this creamy, which will make you remember the flavours of dinners on holiday with friends!

Being able to taste this semifreddo, spoon after spoon, admiring the horizon on a beach in Greece is certainly the ideal … but we know how to satisfy ourselves! With a taste of this dessert, the mind is ready to wander on a summer vacation with the scent of mojito! The secret ingredient of this dessert is substantially Chios mastiha, an element with extraordinary properties. Thanks to the presence of over 80 active ingredients, mastiha has an antibacterial and disinfectant power; it also helps digestion and is able to deprive us of that annoying sense of swelling, typical after a big meal. Here, then, is revealed the reason for our creamy mastiha with strawberries and mint.

Will a dessert that helps you lose weight ever be possible? We can certainly report that mastiha is able to reduce the absorption of fats and facilitate the elimination of waste. In this sense, it is a product capable of promoting weight loss. So let's make way for the creamy mastiha and ban on guilt!

• 5 yolks
• 140 g of granulated sugar
• ½ dl of water
• 1 dl of mastiha
• 3 dl of whipping cream Accardi
• 500 g of strawberries
• 1 bunch of mint

Separate the yolks and put them in a bowl of a planetary mixer. Then beat them with the sugar cooked with water at 121 °. Whip everything until it cools. Add the mastiha and the semi-whipped cream, so you will get a rather liquid dough. Pour the dough, dividing it into the single-portion moulds and place them in the freezer.

Cut the strawberries into wedges. Then chop the mint leaves julienne and add them to the strawberries, leaving everything to marinate for about 30 minutes. After the rest time, take the semifreddo from the moulds and pour them into the serving dish. Serve it all with the strawberries flavoured with mint.