Easy Peasy Chocolate Mousse

Name: Easy Peasy Chocolate Mousse
Yield: Makes 2 big glasses or 4 small pots
Ingredients: 1 vanilla pod (bean), scraped; 3 tablespoons cacao powder; mint leaves; 150 ml (5 fl oz / ½ cup + 2 tablespoons) chickpea water or aquafaba (the liquid you get in the tin/Tetra Pak); 80 ml (3 fl oz / ⅓ cup) maple syrup; 80 g (3 oz / ½ cup) cashews; fresh berries or currants

Preparation info

Makes
2
big glasses

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Happy Vegan Food

By Bettina Campolucci Bordi

Published 2022

About

My daughter’s favourite chocolate mousse. A lovely alternative to dairy that I developed for my clients with intolerances. It is tasty and light and hopefully fills that chocolate craving that we all get. This is also a great way of not wasting chickpea water!

Ingredients

80 g (3 oz / ½ cup) cashews
150

Dessert
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Soak the cashews for at least 2 hours or quick-soak them in boiling water for 20 minutes.

In a bowl, whisk the chickpea water until it becomes white and fluffy, just like beaten egg whites. Set aside or in the fridge.

Drain the nuts and add the soaked cashews, maple syrup, cacao powder, vanilla seeds and 2