Frances Bissell

Lavender Chocolate Mousse

Preparation info
  • serves

    6 to 8

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
The Scented Kitchen: Cooking with Flowers
The Scented Kitchen

By Frances Bissell

Published 2012

  • About

I do not go out of my way to create ‘lite’ and ‘low-fat’ dishes, but, having developed this mousse, which tastes every bit as good as its creamy, buttery counterparts, I pass it on.

Ingredients

This Recipe uses Raw Egg Whites

  • 2 scant teaspoons lavender flowers
  • 150 ml/5 fl oz boilin

Method

Put the lavender in a small jug, pour the boiling water over it and allow to sit for 10 minutes. Strain the infused water into a bowl and whisk in the powdered milk. Break up the chocolate, add it to the ‘lavender milk’ and heat gently over a saucepan of simmering water or in the microwave.

Stir until glossy and smooth. The texture should neither be too tight, nor too loose or runny. Wh