Chocolate Mousse
This Valentine’s Day, let’s whip up a luscious and mouth-watering chocolate mousse recipe with only a few ingredients.
Chocolate Mousse
rich and silky chocolate mousse recipe
Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cups whipping cream separated into 1 cup and 3/4 cup.
- 4 egg yolks
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 200 g semi-sweet or dark chocolate
Instructions
- Heat 3/4 cup cream in a small saucepan until hot.
- Mix together yolks, sugar, and salt in another bowl until combined, then add hot cream in a slow stream, whisking until combined.
- Transfer the mixture back to the saucepan and cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until it registers 70°c on a thermometer.
- Strain the custard into a bowl and stir in the vanilla.
- Melt chocolate in the microwave at 30-second bursts and stir in between until it's fully melted. Or use a double-boiler.
- Pour the chocolate into the custard and stir until smooth.
- Beat the remaining 1 cup of whipping cream in a bowl of an electric mixer or stand mixer just until stiff peaks.
- Fold the cream gently into the chocolate custard.
- Spoon the mousse into four serving glasses or ramekins and chill covered for at least 6 hours. Let them stand at room temperature before serving.
Video
Notes
- Mousse can be made and chilled one day in advance.
- You can replace the 1 teaspoon vanilla with 2 teaspoons instant espresso powder.
