Chocolate Mousse
Sweet, creamy, and chocolatey dessert that serves 4.
Equipment
- 1 double boiler or get a large basin over a pan
- 1 hand or stand mixer
- 1 Bowl
- 4 serving glasses
Ingredients
- 4 ounces dark chocolate
- 4 eggs separated and whites whisked stiffly into peaks
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 8 tbsp heavy cream lightly whipped
Instructions
- In a double boiler or get a large basin over a pan of hot but NOT boiling water and break the chocolate into it, allowing it to soften and do not get water in there. Keep an eye on this and keep stirring.
- Separate your egg yolks from the whites and add these to the chocolate mixture, along with the sugar. Beat well until light and soft.
- In a bowl, whisk the egg whites into peaks with a stand or hand mixer. In another bowl, whisk the heavy cream lightly with a stand or hand mixer.
- Remove the basin from over the hot water, beating continuously as it cools. When it is cool, but not set, fold in the whipped cream, then the whisked egg whites.
- Put into four cold serving glass dishes and chill for an hour or so. You can add whipped cream for the topping.
Notes
Chocolate Mousse Variation:
Place a couple of amaretti biscuits, doused in a little Tia Maria, in the bottom of the glasses, before spooning in your mousse mixture. What a combination, coffee, chocolate and almonds!
Nutrition
Calories: 346kcalCarbohydrates: 17gProtein: 9gFat: 27gSaturated Fat: 15gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 0.03gCholesterol: 198mgSodium: 76mgPotassium: 292mgFiber: 3gSugar: 11gVitamin A: 690IUVitamin C: 0.2mgCalcium: 65mgIron: 4mg
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