Chocolate mousse
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Chocolate mousse
- Prep time:
- 15 mins, plus chilling overnight
- Cook time:
- 5 mins
- Serves:
- 6-8
Light and fluffy, yet deeply chocolaty - a perfect fuss-free pudding from Eleanor Smallwood
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Ingredients
- 100g Chocolate
- 4 egg yolks
- 50g caster sugar
- 6 egg whites
Method
1. Melt the chocolate in a bowl over simmering water, then set the bowl aside and let the chocolate cool a little.2. Whisk together the egg yolks and 40g of the sugar for a few minutes until the mixture thickens, becoming pale and fluffy. Pour in the cooled chocolate and fold together gently.
3. Whisk the egg whites in a large clean bowl until they are billowing and stiff, but not dry. Add the remaining sugar and continue beating until the mixture becomes glossy.
4. Spoon a third of the egg whites into the chocolate mixture and stir together - you don't want any flecks of white. Gently fold in the remaining whites, then pour into a serving bowl. Chill in the fridge overnight to set. Decorate with chocolate shavings before serving.
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View all comments (7)Nice and easy recipe except have to be careful with beating those egg whites. I beat mine for probably 30-60sec too long and after my mousse had set a syrup formed on the bottom. Nonetheless it was still delicious to eat.
this is a good recipe but it could be better
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