Chocolate mousse for lovers

Name: Chocolate mousse for lovers
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon cacao nibs; Small pinch of fine sea salt; 2 green cardamom pods, seeds ground; 100 g (3½ oz) best dark chocolate, 60-70%; ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon; 3 eggs, at room temperature; 1½ tablespoons caster sugar; 100 ml (scant ½ cup) whipping cream; ½ teaspoon black peppercorns, cracked; 75 g (⅓ cup) caster sugar; 10 g (½ tablespoon) unsalted butter; Small pinch of ground chilli; 30 g (1 oz) toasted hazelnuts, roughly chopped

Preparation info

Serves
2

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A Whisper of Cardamom

By Eleanor Ford

Published 2024

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A bounty of reputed aphrodisiacs - chocolate, cinnamon, cardamom, chilli and black pepper - all come together to bring a sultry warmth. Chocolate has a curious affinity with spice, allowing it to take more heat than you’d think.

I like my choc mousse pure and dark without cream and sugar. But then again, I use both as accompaniments in the form of softly whipped folds and crunchy pepper praline to balance the intensity. This way they offer contrast as well as harmony; after all isn’

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