Chocolate-Chestnut Mousse

Name: Chocolate-Chestnut Mousse
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 4 tablespoons Amaretto; 2 cups heavy cream; 4 tablespoons cocoa; Two 8¾-ounce cans French chestnut spread

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Thanksgiving Dinner

By Anthony Dias Blue and Kathryn K. Blue

Published 1994

About

We don’t ordinarily think that chocolate has a place in the Thanksgiving feast, but the addition of chestnuts makes this rich mousse quite appropriate. We have found that the flavors of this luscious dessert marry more thoroughly if it is refrigerated overnight.

Ingredients

4 tablespoons cocoa
Two 8¾-ounce cans French chestnut spread

Americas
United States
Dinner
Dessert
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Combine the cocoa and the chestnut spread in a large bowl. Stir in the Amaretto.
In another bowl whip the cream until stiff peaks are formed. Fold the cream into the chestnut mixture. Spoon into 8 wineglasses. Refrigerate for at least 3 hours.