FRESAS CON CREMA

Fresas Con Crema is a traditional Mexican dessert made with fresh strawberries and a sweet cream sauce. This easy dessert can be ready in under 10 minutes and with only 4 simple ingredients.

So light and refreshing, Fresas Con Crema is the ultimate quick dessert for hot summer days. Made with just 5 simple and easy to find ingredients, you can have the easiest Mexican dessert on the table within minutes.

This authentic Mexican dessert is bound to satisfy your sweet tooth thanks to the sweet creamy sauce. If you are a lover of creamy desserts, I highly recommend this perfect dessert with rich flavor

The best part of delicious desserts are when require minimal effort and minimal preparation. This Homemade Instant Shrikhand with Cream is one such dessert that is ready within minutes yet is one of the most satisfying.

What is Mexican Fresas Con Crema?

Fresas Con Crema or Mexican Strawberries and Cream, is a popular Mexican dessert made with fresh sliced strawberries and served with a sweetened cream sauce made with condensed milk, cream, sour cream and evaporated milk.

The end result is a delicately sweet smooth cream that is pourable but has a taste similar to ice cream. As the strawberries are mixed in with the cream, it also imbues the cream with a strawberry flavor.. The cream dessert is light and refreshing

The simple Mexican dessert is often served on Mexico roadside on fruit stalls. Often ice cream parlors will sell this delicious treat.

Other classic Mexican desserts that we love are our Eggless Strawberry Tres Leches Cake, which is a three milk cake made with double cream, condensed milk and evaporated milk.

In the summer, my own version of traditional Mexican horchata. This Saffron and Cardamom Horchata is a rice-based drink flavoured with Indian saffron and cardamom. It is the perfect cooling sweet treat on hot days.

Note that this is not the same as Mexican crema which is sort of the American version of sour cream.

Why you will love this recipe

No bake dessert recipe

Only 5 ingredients for this strawberry dessert that require a quick trip to the grocery store

Easy Mexican dessert recipe – serve this for Cinco da Mayo celebrations without all the hard work!

Budget friendly – no expensive or specialist ingredients are required

This simple dessert is perfect to enjoy on a hot summer day

Ingredients

Exact measurements and method in the recipe card below. Ingredient substitutions where possible are included here.

Strawberries

The first step is to buy the freshest strawberries to enjoy this dessert at its best. Strawberries are highly perishable so are best bought and eaten within 24 hours.

For this recipe, I would recommend using the best strawberries when in season.

Strawberries are available in the UK throughout the year however strawberries that are out of season are usually imported from abroad.

These imported strawberries never seem to have the same sweetness as the British strawberries but there is a reason for this.

Imported strawberries have to be picked before they are fully ripe or else they will mush during transportation. Strawberries do not ripen after they are picked meaning that during the off-season we will only get strawberries that are hard and often lacking in flavour.

However, during the British strawberry season, these juicy strawberries can be picked at the perfect time.

We have not bought organic strawberries so wash ours before serving. If you do not want the strawberries to absorb excess moisture (which they do when washing) then seek organic strawberries.

If your strawberries are too tart, sprinkle some sugar over the sliced berries. Allow to stand for 10 minutes before adding with the crema mixture.

Sweetened Cream Recipe

Double cream – use fresh double cream. Single cream is also fine but will make a slightly thinner cream mixture. Readers from the united states can use heavy whipping cream. 

Evaporated Milk – we have used tinned evaporated milk. If can’t find it use whole milk or half and half. 

Sweetened condensed Milk – depending where you live, you may find la lechera brand or milkmaid or Nestle which is the most popular brand. You can adjust the amount of condensed milk you add to adjust the sweetness to your liking and the sweetness of the batch of strawberries you are using. 

Sour cream

To make Fresas Con Crema without Sour Cream, you can use creme fraiche. Another option is to use plain greek yogurt. The yogurt must be a plain yogurt.

In Mexico, you can find Media crema in tins and use instead of the double cream.

You can optionally add a little drop of vanilla extract to the cream but we have not added it here.

You can use this cream with other fresh berries as well depending on what you have around.

Vegan Fresas Con Crema

To make Strawberries and Cream vegan friendly, we need to find some vegan substitutes for the cream.

Vegan condensed milk is now easily available in British supermarkets. Vegan Condensed milk also has sugar meaning you will not need to add your own.

Vegan cream alternatives are also available. These plant-based creams pour, cooks and whips just like cream.

Whisk both vegan condensed milk and vegan cream together to make the sweetened cream for this recipe.

Ensure that the white sugar you use is vegan.

Fresas Con Crema Recipe

Slice the strawberries into your desired shape and place in a small bowl

I have used a mandolin for even thickness sliced strawberries but you can definitely get away with use a sharp knife.

Add some sugar to the strawberries if they are too tart (optional)

In another medium bowl, prepare the cream base. Do not worry too much about specific amounts but do ensure the cream is sweet enough.

Add the heavy cream, sour cream, evaporated milk and sweet condensed milk. Whisk together until well incorporated but remains a pourable consistency. If using a stand mixer, you can use the whisk attachment on medium high for 1-2 minutes.

Assemble in glasses, serving dishes or bowels. Add a layer of the strawberries, then top with spooning over the milk mixtures

Finish with a dollop of whipped cream if you have it.

Or mix into a large bowl and let everyone help themselves!

Serve immediately.

Storage

I would buy the strawberries only up to a day in advance

You can make the cream ahead of time and mix the strawberries and cream when ready to serve

Do not store the strawberries and cream mixed together for long or else the cream may split.

Store the milk mixture in an airtight container and keep in the fridge for up to 5 days.

Serving suggestions

In hot summer I would have this as a breakfast or as a mid-morning snack.

Or it can be served after heavy lunch or dinner as a light, refreshing no-cook dessert.

Great for alfresco dining or garden parties.

This easy Mexican dessert is the perfect ending to a feast of Mexican treats.

Make a full Mexican meal of it and Our Espresso Black Bean Tacos would make a brilliant main for a Mexican feast!

For cheesy and flavourful side dish why not try my Air fryer Cheesy Potatoes that are packed with Mexican flavours.

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