Chocolate Velvet Mousse

Name: Chocolate Velvet Mousse
Prep time: 35 min
Total time: 4 h 35 min
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 65 g (2½ oz) unsalted butter, cut into small pieces; 1 tablespoon crème de cacao, Tia Maria or liqueur of your choice; ½ vanilla pod; 4 egg whites; 150 g (5 oz) bitter or plain chocolate; 3 egg yolks; 3 tablespoons vanilla caster sugar; 50 g (2 oz) vanilla caster sugar; 300 ml (½ pint) milk; a pinch of salt

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
5 hr

Appears in

The Chocolate Lover's Cookbook

By Patricia Lousada

Published 1987

About

For a new approach to an old favourite, serve scoops of this velvety dark mousse on a luscious sea of Crème Anglaise.

Ingredients

150 g (5 oz) bitter or plain chocolate
3 egg yolks

Dessert
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Melt the chocolate. Remove from the heat and beat in the egg yolks, one at a time. Stir in the butter and when the mixture is smooth, add the alcohol. Whisk the egg whites with a pinch of salt until they are thick; add the sugar and continue to whisk until the whites form stiff peaks. Using a large metal spoon fold a dollop of the whites into the chocolate mi