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Chocolate Mousse
Posted on April 18, 2011
This is one of my favorite desserts. It's elegant smooth, creamy, airy and most of all it has lots of chocolate. I always recommend this dessert for elegant dinners.
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Prep time
15 mins
Cook time
15 mins + overnight chilling
Total time
30 mins
Ingredients
- Makes 2-3 servings
- 150 g dark chocolate
- 3 eggs
- 50g butter
- 4 tbsp sugar
- flavors - you choose (rum, orange, zest, lemon zest, mint, etc)
Directions
- Melt chocolate over a bain-marie until smooth. Add butter and incorporate until well blended.
- Whip egg whites until foamy with a mixer and gradually add the sugar whipping the whole time until it holds very stiff peaks.
- Beat the yolks with your chosen flavor ingredients, add to chocolate mixture.
- Fold in a spoonful of the whites into chocolate mixture then pour chocolate into the remaining whites and fold gently until well combined.
- Pour the mousse into serving bowls. Wrap with plastic and refrigerate few hours or overnight. Garnish any way you desire before serving.
Nutrition facts
1 Serving - Calories:515, Fat:32.7 g, Saturated Fat:20.3 g, Carbohydrates:46.9 g, Sugar:42.9 g, Fiber:1.7 g, Protein:9.5 g, Cholesterol:233 mg, Calories from Fat 294, Sodium 197mg, Vitamin A 14%, Calcium 12%, Vitamin C 0%, Iron 11%, Nutrition Grade C, Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
On April 19, 2011 at 07:32 am, Eftychia said...
Delicious chocolate mousse and very easy to make. I already saved it in my favorite list. I will give your recipe a try soon. Thanks for sharing.
On April 20, 2011 at 04:08 am, Cristina said...
Let's pretend we are eating this in Paris...
On April 20, 2011 at 09:10 am, elisabeth@foodandthriftfinds said...
I love your chocolate mousse, and bookmarked it to make it ASAP. So light, fluffy, and decadent. The photo of it is beautiful, as well.
Congratulations on the top 9. I buzzed you:DDD
On April 20, 2011 at 10:42 am, Michelle Benoit (Chocolate Central) said...
This looks like a perfect mousse. I like your photograph too. Yum! Congratulations on making the Top 9 tokday on FoodBuzz. Look forward to more from Home Cooking Adventure.
On April 23, 2011 at 10:43 pm, cakewhiz said...
i love anything with chocolate and this mousse is to die for!
On April 29, 2011 at 09:59 am, Mario said...
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On May 02, 2011 at 02:39 pm, Chrissy said...
Your blog is lovely! I can't wait to try this chocolate mousse.
On May 04, 2011 at 10:04 am, Anna said...
Mmmm, this looks amazing, great picture. I've been looking to try a mousse recipe just to use my fresh mint as garnish and I think this is the one I'll try!
On May 06, 2011 at 04:48 am, said...
WOW ! this is such an easy recipe !! i just cannot wait to try this !!
On May 17, 2011 at 05:18 am, Juanita said...
This looks amazing! Love the photo styling too.
On May 17, 2011 at 06:32 pm, CassidyS said...
I bookmarked this and will be making it very soon -- it looks delicious!!!
On May 18, 2011 at 01:44 pm, said...
I am concerned about the use of raw eggs in a recipe. Any ideas to keep it safe? Thanks! :-)
On June 13, 2011 at 06:54 pm, Alida @ Alida's Kitchen said...
This looks delicious and you make it sound so easy. I can't wait to try this recipe!
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