Chocolate Mousse
Chocolate mousse is a recipe with fresh ingredients from the menu category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!
Ingredients
- 150 g dark chocolate
- 150 g milk chocolate
- 1 tsp strong espresso
- 5 eggs
- 3 tbsp vanilla sugar
- 125 g chilled whipping cream
- 50 g sugar
- 8 ladyfingers
- 8 tbsp chocolate liqueur
- 3 tbsp chocolate shavings
- 150 g whipped cream
- 8 meringues (for garnish)
Instructions
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1.
Coarsely chop the chocolate and melt it with the espresso in a double boiler. Remove from heat.
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2.
Separate the eggs. Beat the yolks with vanilla sugar until fluffy, until the sugar dissolves. Whip the chilled cream to stiff peaks.
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3.
Beat the egg whites with sugar into stiff meringue.
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4.
Add the yolk mixture to the chocolate and whisk with a spatula. Spoon the whipped cream onto the chocolate mixture and quickly fold in with a spatula before it sets.
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5.
Fold in the meringue gently. Crumble the ladyfingers into dessert glasses, soak them with chocolate syrup. Fill the mousse over the ladyfingers and cover for at least 3 hours in the fridge.
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6.
Serve garnished with whipped cream, chocolate shavings and meringue cookies.
