Name: Mousse au Chocolat et au Menthe (Chocolate Mousse with Mint)
Yield: Serves 4–6
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 3½ ounces good bittersweet chocolate, or ½ cup chocolate chips; 1 teaspoon finely chopped mint; 1 tablespoon kirsch; 3 tablespoons black coffee; 4–6 leaves or sprigs of mint for decoration; 4 eggs, separated

Preparation info

Serves
4–6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Recipes from a French Herb Garden

By Geraldene Holt

Published 1999

About

Once upon a time the French would have regarded this combination of flavors with horror. However, during the last decade, nouvelle cuisine has introduced many new ideas to French cooking and although not all of them have survived, a chocolate mousse spiked with fresh mint has remained popular.

Ingredients

3½ ounces good bittersweet chocolate, or ½ cup chocolate chips
3 tab

Method

Melt the chocolate with the coffee and the kirsch in a pan over low heat, stirring gently now and again until the mixture is smooth. Remove from the heat and mix in the chopped mint and the egg yolks, one at a time.

Beat the egg whites until stiff. Gradually fold the chocolate mixture into the egg whites, taking care not to lose too much air. Spoon the mousse into 4–6 small dishes and l