Chocolate Mousse

Name: Chocolate Mousse
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 100 g (3½ oz) caster (superfine) sugar; 500 ml (17 fl oz/2 cups) whipping cream; 4 egg whites; 2 eggs, lightly beaten; 60 ml (2 fl oz/¼ cup) cognac; 300 g (10½ oz) dark chocolate, chopped; 30 g (1 oz) unsalted butter

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Cook's Book of Everything

By Lulu Grimes

Published 2009

About

Ingredients

300 g (10½ oz) dark chocolate, chopped
30 g (1

Dessert
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Put the chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water, making sure the base of the bowl doesn’t touch the water. Leave the chocolate until it has softened, then stir occasionally until melted. Add the butter and stir until melted. Remove the bowl from the saucepan and cool for a few minutes. Add the eggs and cognac and stir to combine.