Chocolate mousse

By: Eleanor Smallwood

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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

Ingredients

  • 100g Chocolate
  • 4 egg yolks
  • 50g caster sugar
  • 6 egg whites
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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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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.

cupacake9 cupacake9 Posted 19 Sep 2009 12:35 PM
 

Eleanor7 Eleanor7 Posted 14 Sep 2009 8:56 AM
 

this is a good recipe but it could be better

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