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Belgian chocolate mousse recipe (mousse au chocolate Belge)
- Cuisine: Belgian
- Serves 6
It's best to make your chocolate mousse one day ahead. You need 6 transparent glasses or you can serve the mousse in an attractive bowl.
Ingredients
2 tbsp cream200g dark cooking chocolate, cut into pieces
4 egg yolks
A pinch of cream of tartar
6 egg whites
1 tbsp caster sugar
1½ cups whipped cream
500g raspberries
Preparation
Place the cream and chocolate pieces in a bowl resting over a bain-marie over medium heat and whisk until the chocolate has melted and is smooth. Remove the bowl from the bain-marie and stir in the egg yolks.Add a pinch of cream of tartar to the egg whites and beat until fairly firm. Add the sugar and continue beating the whites into stiff peaks.
Using a whisk, gently incorporate a quarter of the beaten whites into the chocolate preparation, then carefully fold in the rest of the whites.
Spoon the mixture into a piping bag and pipe it into the glasses. Cover with plastic film and place in the refrigerator to set for half a day.
Before serving, pipe a little whipped cream on top of each mousse and garnish with a few raspberries.
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