Chocolate Mousse

Mousse au Chocolat

Appears in
Glorious French Food

By James Peterson

Published 2002

  • About
  • How to work with chocolate
  • How to adjust the consistency of dessert mixtures with cream, butter, or egg whites
  • What are the differences between soufflés, mousses, and cakes?
  • How to make frozen “soufflés”
  • How to make sugar syrup
My first encounter with Chocolate Mousse happened the day after my parents had returned from a dinner party. The hostess had been kind enough to send them home with leftovers, including a little plastic tub of chocolate mousse. I had tasted chocolate pudding, but this dense, rich mound of chocolate revealed a new universe of childhood ecstasy.