Chocolate Amaretti Mousse

Name: Chocolate Amaretti Mousse
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 4 h 20 min
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 150 g (5 oz) plain chocolate, cut into small pieces; a pinch of salt; 4 eggs, separated; 2 tablespoons strong coffee; 2 tablespoons rum or brandy; 1 tablespoon cocoa powder; 150 ml (5 fl oz) whipping cream; 9 amaretti biscuits, crushed

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
4 hr 30

Appears in

The Chocolate Lover's Cookbook

By Patricia Lousada

Published 1987

About

A good chocolate mousse is always appreciated and this is an exceptionally nice one. The crushed amaretti biscuits at the bottom of the mousse make the last mouthfuls a delicious surprise.

Ingredients

150 g (5 oz) plain chocolate, cut into small pieces
2 tablespoons rum

Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Melt the chocolate, rum or brandy, coffee and cocoa powder in the top of a double saucepan set over simmering water. Stir until the mixture is smooth. Remove the mixture from the heat and whisk in the egg yolks, one at a time. Using a very clean bowl, preferably a copper one, whisk the egg whites with a tiny pinch of salt until they are stiff. Fold a quarter of the whites into the chocolate to