Orange Mousse with Chocolate Wafers

Name: Orange Mousse with Chocolate Wafers
Yield: Serves 6–8
Ingredients: 3 tablesp. water; 1 level tablesp. (2 American teasp.) gelatine; 8 fl ozs (250 ml/1 cup) whipped cream; 2 ozs (55 g) best-quality dark chocolate; 2 oranges; 1 lemon; 2½ ozs (70 g/generous ¼ cup) castor sugar; 2 oranges (1½ if very large); 4 eggs (preferably free-range); a pinch of castor sugar

Preparation info

Serves
6–8

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Simply Delicious 2

By Darina Allen

Published 1990

About

Ingredients

2 oranges (1½ if very large)
4 eggs (preferably free-range)
2½

Dessert

Method

Wash and dry the oranges; grate the rind on the finest part of a stainless steel grater. Put into a bowl with 2 eggs, 2 egg yolks and the castor sugar. Whisk to a thick mousse, preferably with an electric mixer. Put 3 tablespoons of water in a