Chocolate Orange & Amaretto Mousse

Name: Chocolate Orange & Amaretto Mousse
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 320 ml (11 fl oz/1⅓ cups) good-quality coconut cream or refrigerated full-fat tinned coconut milk (see Cook’s Tips); 3 tablespoons runny peanut or almond butter; 3 tablespoons cacao powder; 320 ml (11 fl oz/1⅓ cups) good-quality coconut cream or refrigerated full-fat tinned coconut milk (see Cook’s Tips); 3 tablespoons runny peanut or almond butter; zest of 1 orange; 1 teaspoon of coconut oil; 2–3 tablespoons maple syrup; 2 tablespoons Amaretto; ½ vanilla pod (bean), split and the seeds scraped out, or ½ teaspoon vanilla extract or paste; ½ vanilla pod (bean), split and the seeds scraped out, or ½ teaspoon vanilla extract or paste; 3 oranges, peeled and cut into slices; ½ vanilla pod (bean), split and the seeds scraped out, or ½ teaspoon vanilla extract or paste; 4 slices of orange (optional); ½ vanilla pod (bean), split and the seeds scraped out, or ½ teaspoon vanilla extract or paste; grated dark chocolate, with at least 70% cocoa solids

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Celebrate

By Bettina Campolucci Bordi

Published 2021

About

Very few ingredients are needed to make this incredibly light and satisfying mousse. It has an added grown-up twist of Amaretto, which can easily be skipped for little ones.

Ingredients

320 ml (11 fl oz/1⅓ cups) good-quality coconut cream or refrigerated full-fat tinned coconut milk (see

Dessert
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Add the coconut cream and all the other ingredients to a bowl. Use an electric hand-held whisk to mix everything together until fluffy (be careful not to overblend).

To make the caramelised oranges, heat the coconut oil in a small to medium saucepan and fry the orange slices before finishing off with the vanilla.

To serve, add a couple of caramelised orange slices to the bottom