Velvet Chocolate Mousse

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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

Vegetarian

Nut Free

Dessert

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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.

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