Name: Dark chocolate mousse
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 200 gm dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids), finely chopped; 80 gm raw caster sugar; 3 egg yolks; 1 egg; 150 ml pouring cream; 100 gm crème fraîche; 30 ml chocolate liqueur

Dark chocolate mousse

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for dark chocolate mousse.

Serves 10

Prep

40M

Cook

Total

45M

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Ingredients

200 gm dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids), finely chopped

80 gm raw caster sugar

3 egg yolks

1 egg

150 ml pouring cream

100 gm crème fraîche

30 ml chocolate liqueur

Method

Main

1.Melt chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water.

2.Meanwhile, combine sugar and 40ml water in a small saucepan, stir over medium-high heat until sugar dissolves, then bring to the boil. Cook until mixture reaches 115C on a sugar thermometer (1 minute).

3.Meanwhile, whisk yolks and egg in an electric mixer until pale. Whisking continuously, add hot syrup in a thin steady stream down side of bowl, then whisk until cooled to room temperature (15-20 minutes). Fold through chocolate and set aside.

4.Whisk cream, crème fraîche and liqueur in a bowl to soft peaks, fold into chocolate mixture and refrigerate until chilled and set (30-40 minutes).