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Velvet Chocolate Mousse
To make great chocolate desserts you need to start with great chocolate. The higher the percentage of cocoa solids the better. Check the packet — anything over 55% and you are onto a good thing.
Prep Time
15 mins
plus setting
Cook Time
5 mins
Serves
8
Vegetarian
Nut Free
Dessert
Special Occasions
Kids
$$
Party
Potluck
Ingredients
250 g dark chocolate, chopped (bittersweet)
2 cups cream, chilled
4 egg whites
1/4 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
Method
STEP 1
Place chocolate and 1 cup of the cream in a saucepan.
Stir over gentle heat or microwave at 50% power for 2 minutes until chocolate is melted.
Cool.
STEP 2
Whisk egg whites in a clean bowl with sugar until stiff. In another bowl whisk remaining cream with vanilla until it forms firm peaks.
Fold a third of the egg whites into the cooled chocolate to lighten the mixture.
Fold in remaining egg whites then the cream.
STEP 3
Chill until quite firm, about 4 hours or up to 24 hours, before serving.
Scoop mousse into cups to serve.
Prepared mousse can be covered and chilled for up to 48 hours.
