Jocasta Innes

Dur Mou

Preparation info

  • 6

    Servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Paupers Cookbook
The Paupers Cookbook

By Jocasta Innes

Published 2014

  • About

This old French family recipe starts with a basic chocolate mousse mixture made with lots of eggs, and ends up with something between a soufflé and a squidgy cake. You then sandwich a layer of the chocolate mousse between two layers of the dur mou for an unbelievable, wickedly rich result.

Ingredients

  • 300 g (11 oz) plain chocolate
  • 225 g (8

Method

Preheat the oven to 150°C (300°F, gas mark 2). In a bowl placed over a pan of simmering water, melt the chocolate with the butter. Beat the sugar with the egg yolks until smooth. Mix this with the chocolate away from the heat, adding it gradually.

Beat the egg whites in a clean