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Chocolate Mousse

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Michelle Hanneman avatar
Recipe video made by Michelle Published on 01/21/2021, viewed by 2785 , 2 Comments
yield6 portions

Impress dinner guests with this personal sized luxurious dessert. So fluffy, chocolaty, and decadant! A few tips: Heat chocolate gradually to avoid siezing, start with room temp eggs, work quickly, and don't whip the egg whites too much.

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What you will need

6 oz Semisweet Chocolate Chips

2 Tbsp Heavy Cream

3 Eggs

1/4 cup Sugar

pinch Salt

1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract

1/2 cup Heavy Cream

2 Tbsp Sugar

Whipped cream, optional

(Nutritional facts 371 calories, 25.37 g fat, 29.61 g carbohydrates, 10.91 g protein, 262 mg cholesterol, 367 mg sodium)

How to cook

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Gather and portion ingredients.

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ream. Make sure not to heat the chocolate too much or it will seize and be unusable.  Keep the water in the double boiler very low.

Break up the chocolate and melt over a double boiler with 2 tbsp of heavy cream. Make sure not to heat the chocolate too much or it will seize and be unusable. Keep the water in the double boiler very low.

How to Melt Chocolate with a Bain Marie (double Boiler)

This will show you how to set up a double boiler, perfect for melting chocolate and making hollandaise, custard, and more! You do not need any special equipment for this technique, just a bowl that fits on top of a pot. The bowl just needs to fit on top of the pot without sinking in and touching the water inside.

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side to cool slightly while you whip the egg yolks.

Mix the melted chocolate with the heavy cream until silky and smooth. Set aside to cool slightly while you whip the egg yolks.

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Separate the eggs. Add the yolks to a medium mixing bowl.

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Add the 1/4 cup sugar and a pinch of salt to the egg yolks.

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y and lighter in color.

Using a hand mixer or stand mixer, whip the egg yolks and sugar until fluffy and lighter in color.

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Add the vanilla extract to the bowl with the egg yolk mixture.

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poonful of the warm chocolate ganache and quickly mixing to combine. This will ensure that the warm chocolate does not cook the eggs.

After the chocolate has cooled slightly, temper the eggs by adding just a spoonful of the warm chocolate ganache and quickly mixing to combine. This will ensure that the warm chocolate does not cook the eggs.

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 is safe to add the remaining chocolate and mix together until combined.

Once the eggs and chocolate are mixed together and the same temperature, it is safe to add the remaining chocolate and mix together until combined.

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sp sugar while the whisk is running. Whip to stiff peaks. Best to stop a little too early than too late here. Set aside.

Whip the egg whites until bubbly, and slowly sprinkle in the remaining 2 tbsp sugar while the whisk is running. Whip to stiff peaks. Best to stop a little too early than too late here. Set aside.

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whip a little less than too much!

Using a separate bowl, whip the heavy cream to stiff peaks. Again, best to whip a little less than too much!

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e batches. You may need to transfer to a larger bowl here!

Gradually and gently fold the egg whites into the chocolate mixture in three batches. You may need to transfer to a larger bowl here!

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ate mixture until  just combined. Do not overmix here or the mousse may become heavy.

Once the egg whites are incorporated, fold the whipped cream into the choclate mixture until just combined. Do not overmix here or the mousse may become heavy.

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pending on the size of your dishes.

Portion the mousse into individual dishes. This should make 6-8 portions depending on the size of your dishes.

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Refrigerate the mousse for at least 2 hours up to overnight.

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Serve with whipped cream, berries, and mint if you'd like!

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