Dark chocolate mousse

Prep: 25 mins
Rate this recipe
Luxurious, rich and smooth: pure decadence!

By Food24 February 13 2015
Recipe Disclaimer
Tap for method
Tap for method

Ingredients (14)

1 large egg
5 eggs — just the yolks
30 g castor sugar
2.5 Sheridans gelatine — leaves
135 g dark chocolate
250 ml cream
12.5 ml kahlua liqueur
1 pinch salt
CRUST:
1 chocolate biscuits
50 g butter
2 tsp cocoa powder
1 Tbs kahlua liqueur
1/4 tsp nutmeg — ground
1.5 tsp coffee powder
Tap for ingredients
Tap for ingredients

Method:

For the crust

Place all ingredients except butter in blender until nice and fine. Then add melted butter and mix well.  Choose cocktail glasses and place a spoon of the mix in bottom and press it flat. Set aside in fridge.

For the mousse

You need an electric mixer. Place eggs and sugar in and mix continually.  Meanwhile take 100ml of cream and heat over low heat, add chopped chocolate to melt.  Place gelatine leaves in cold water to rehydrate, and then squeeze excess water out before placing in the chocolate mixture to melt. 
Take off heat add Kahlua and salt and leave to cool a bit.  
Whisk the rest of cream until soft peak and mix carefully the chocolate mixture into the cream.  Then you can go to the egg mixture that is pale in colour and triple in volume and fold that into the chocolate mixture carefully do not over mix.
Pour on top of the crust and leave to set for 4 hours or overnight in the fridge.

Serve with black cherries, chocolate coated coffee beans and a black cherry merlot sauce.

Serves 6 – 8.

Recipe reprinted with permission of Head Chef, Neehtling Du Toit for La Petite Ferme.
 
To receive quick and convenient weekday recipes, join our Easy Weekday Meals mailing list, and for up-to-date trending food, restaurant and wine news subscribe to our Editor’s Weekly newsletter.



New recipes on Food24

Next Post

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Food24 Team Loves

Newsletter

Get weekly access to our best recipes, tips and tricks

Sign Up

Login to your account below

Fill the forms below to register

Subscribe to Newsletter

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Recipe Disclaimer

All recipe content is the responsibility of the party from whom such content originated. You agree that you use the content on Food24 at your own risk. Please read our editorial policy.