Chocolate and chestnut mousse

Name: Chocolate and chestnut mousse
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 2 h
Yield: Serves 10-12
Ingredients: 90 g (3 oz) sugar; 3 tablespoons rum; 300 g (10 oz) canned, sweet chestnut purée; 90 g (3 oz) caster sugar; cocoa, to dust; 3 leaves gelatine or 1½ teaspoons gelatine powder; 15 g (½ oz) cocoa powder; 120 g (4 oz) dark chocolate, roughly chopped; 3 marrons glacés, cut into quarters; 200 ml (6½ fl oz) whipped cream, to decorate; 15 g (½ oz) plain flour; 3 egg yolks; 1 tablespoon rum; 375 ml (12 fl oz) cream, for whipping; 1 egg

Preparation info

Serves
10-12

Difficulty
Complex
Ready in
2 hr

Appears in

Christmas

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1999

About

The combination of dark chocolate and chestnut purée makes for a rich, yet silky-textured mousse. Decorate with cream, marrons glacés and a dusting of cocoa to finish off this impressive dessert.

Ingredients

Sponge

1 egg
90 g (3 oz) sugar
15</

Dessert
December
Winter
Christmas

Method

Butter and flour a 17 x 6 cm (7 x 2½ inch) loose-bottomed cake or spring-form tin. Preheat the oven to moderate 180°C (350°F/Gas 4).
To make the sponge, place the egg and a third of the sugar in a bowl and whisk until pale and doubled in volume. Sieve