Chocolate Amaretto Macaroon Mousse

Name: Chocolate Amaretto Macaroon Mousse
Yield: Serves 6–8
Ingredients: ¼ pint/140 ml double cream; 5 oz/140 g caster sugar; 4 large eggs, separated; 3 tbsp Amaretto liqueur; 4 oz/112 g amaretto biscuits; 5 oz/140 g dark chocolate, broken up

Preparation info

Serves
6–8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Claire Macdonald Cookbook

By Claire Macdonald

Published 1997

About

Amaretto biscuits are widely available from good delicatessens. They can enhance many a pud, but especially this mousse, the crunch of the crushed amaretti punctuating its smooth creaminess. And I love the taste of Amaretto liqueur.

Ingredients

5 oz/140 g dark chocolate, broken up
4 oz/112

Dessert
Vegetarian
Gluten-free
Cookies

Method

Put the chocolate into a heatproof bowl over a saucepan of gently simmering water. Break up the amaretti by crunching them in your hands, and put them into the bottom of a serving bowl. Sprinkle the Amaretto liqueur over the broken-up biscuits.

Whisk the egg yolks, gradually adding the caster sugar, and continue whisking until the mixture is pale and thick. Fold in the melted chocolate