Rich Dark Chocolate Mousse
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Serves:
-
4-6
ingredients
- 4 ounces dark chocolate
- 1 1⁄2 cups heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons flavoring (amaretto, cognac, vanilla, creme de menthe..etc.)
- 1 large egg white
- 1⁄4 cup icing sugar
directions
- Chop up the chocolate and put it in a bowl. Make sure it is chopped up really well, into very small pieces.
- Heat half the cream until it is almost boiling. Remove from heat and add the chocolate pieces. Stir vigorously until all the chocolate is melted.
- Add the rest of the cream to it and pour it into a small bowl that can sit inside a larger bowl.
- Fill the larger bowl with ice and water. Put the small bowl in the larger bowl and mix with an electric mixer until it forms soft peaks.
- Beat the egg white in separate bowl until it forms stiff peaks.
- Add icing sugar to egg white 1 tablespoon at a time and whisk until it forms a soft meringue.
- Fold the meringue carefully into the chocolate mixture.
- Spoon into serving dishes (or leave in one bowl if you want), and chill in refrigerator for at least 2 hours,.
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