Name: Chocolate Mousse
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 200 g (7 oz) caster sugar; 6 eggs, separated; 150 g (5 oz) cocoa; 300 ml (10 fl oz) (double) cream; 150 g (5 oz) good quality plain chocolate; 275 g (10 oz) unsalted butter, diced

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Easy

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By Gary Rhodes

Published 1995

About

This is a rich and light chocolate mousse which can be served in glasses or moulds. It can also be layered between chocolate sponge in a terrine mould or round cake tin.

Ingredients

150 g (5 oz) good quality plain chocolate
275 g (10

Dessert
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Chop the chocolate and melt it slowly in a bowl over a pan of hot water. Add the butter and let it melt in the warmth of the chocolate. Add the cocoa and whisk in until the mix is smooth. Whisk the double cream until it forms soft peaks, then reserve in the fridge. Whisk half the sugar with all the yolks until pale and fluffy. Whisk the remaining sugar and egg whites together until they form st

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