Little Hot Chocolate Mousses

Name: Little Hot Chocolate Mousses
Ingredients: ½ cup sugar; 1¾ sticks unsalted butter; 8 oz. dark chocolate (at least 70 percent cocoa solids), broken into tiny pieces; 5 large eggs, plus 5 large egg yolks; ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder, plus extra for dusting; ice cream, to serve (optional); ½ cup all-purpose flour

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Chocolate

By Sara Jayne Stanes

Published 2005

About

The point of these wonderful desserts is that the center is still blissfully liquid when you serve them, so don’t be tempted to cook them for any longer than the stated time. They are delicious served on their own or with ice cream.

Ingredients

5 large eggs, plus 5 large egg yolks
½ cup sugar

Method

Put the eggs, egg yolks, and sugar in a large bowl and beat with an electric hand-held mixer until the mixture is pale yellow, 10 to 15 minutes.

Put the chocolate and butter in the top of a double boiler set over simmering, but not boiling, water (do not let the bottom of the pan touch the water). Melt gently, stirring frequently, until smooth. Remove the top pan from the heat. Add a sm