Chocolate Mousse
Chocolate Mousse is a quick French dessert: about 25 minutes from start to finish, for 6 servings. Dark chocolate, eggs and heavy cream carry the flavour. The cooking is mostly simmering. It is gluten-free. It is on the lighter side, at about 340 calories and 5 g of protein per serving.
- Total time
- 25 min
- Servings
- 6
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Calories
- 340 kcal
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Ingredients
For 6 servings
- 200 gdark chocolate
- 4eggs
- 240 mlheavy cream
- 50 ggranulated sugar
- 30 gbutter
- 1 tspvanilla extract
- 1 pinchsalt
Instructions
- Chop the dark chocolate and melt it with butter in a bowl over simmering water, stirring until smooth. Remove from heat and let cool slightly.
- Separate the eggs. Beat egg yolks with half the granulated sugar and vanilla extract until thick and pale. Stir the melted chocolate into the yolk mixture.
- Whip heavy cream to soft peaks and set aside. In a clean bowl, whip egg whites with salt until foamy, then gradually add remaining granulated sugar and beat to stiff peaks.
- Fold one-third of the whipped egg whites into the chocolate mixture to lighten it. Then gently fold in the remaining whites, followed by the whipped cream, until no streaks remain.
- Divide mousse among six serving glasses or ramekins. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours until set. Serve chilled, optionally garnished with chocolate shavings.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 340 kcal
- Protein
- 5 g
- Fat
- 24 g
- Carbs
- 28 g
Approximate values for one serving.
About this recipe
- Cuisine: French
- Dish type: Dessert
- Diet: gluten-free
- In cookbook: Sweet Tooth
