Intense Chocolate Mousse

Ingredients for 6 people: - 7 ounces (200 g) dark chocolate (70% chocolate) - 2 ounces (60 g) butter - 2 eggs - 1.4 ounces (40 g) icing sugar

Recipe:

• Break the chocolate into pieces and then melt it, using just enough heat to gently melt the chocolate. Stir the chocolate with a wooden spoon as it is melting.

• Gradually add the butter, stirring it in with the wooden spoon as it melts. Then add the egg yolks of the 2 eggs, again stirring them in.

• Whip the egg whites into a froth. Then gradually add the icing sugar to the egg white, stirring the sugar in as you add it.

• Slowly add the egg white&sugar mixture to the chocolate mixture, gently folding the egg white into the chocolate, using the wooden spoon.

• Once the egg white has been mixed in, spoon the mixture into attractive glasses. Place the glasses in a refrigerator for at least an hour before serving, to allow the chocolate to cool.

Notes:

For tips on avoiding common problems with Mousse au Chocolat, see Guidelines to Making Chocolate Mousse. 

This recipe is for serious chocolate lovers. It has a very intense, dark chocolate taste which is enjoyed by some but will be found too strong by others. We have other recipes at Chocolate Mousse (Mousse au Chocolat).