Dark Chocolate Mousse
Dark Chocolate Mousse
This easy dark chocolate mousse recipe is the perfect individual dessert for a dinner party or date night! Whip them up in the day then just make sure you give them enough chance to set before serving.
The dark chocolate gives quite an intense chocolate flavor, so I’d recommend serving them with some whipped chantilly cream to balance this out. Or if you prefer a sweet chocolate flavour, try swapping some of the dark chocolate to milk chocolate.
Try adding some cocoa powder or chocolate shavings to the top for that extra bit of decadence.
Check out my Chocolate Mousse 101 video for more homemade chocolate mousse recipes, or try out a raspberry mousse in my Raspberry Chocolate Mousse Cake recipe.
Note: Like most chocolate mousse recipes, this classic chocolate mousse is made using raw eggs
Ingredients
Method
In a saucepan over a medium heat, bring the cream and milk to a simmer.
Add the chopped chocolate to a tall jug and pour the cream mixture over the top. Let it sit for 2 minutes, then blend with a hand blender until smooth.
Transfer your melted chocolate mixture into a bowl and whisk in the egg yolks.
In a stand mixer, whisk the egg whites until frothy then slowly add the sugar. Whisk until thick and it holds a medium peak (not stiff peaks).
Whisk the first part of meringue into the chocolate. Then fold the remaining 2 parts of egg white in.
Pour into ramekins and chill for 3 hours.
Ingredients
Directions
In a saucepan over a medium heat, bring the cream and milk to a simmer.
Add the chopped chocolate to a tall jug and pour the cream mixture over the top. Let it sit for 2 minutes, then blend with a hand blender until smooth.
Transfer your melted chocolate mixture into a bowl and whisk in the egg yolks.
In a stand mixer, whisk the egg whites until frothy then slowly add the sugar. Whisk until thick and it holds a medium peak (not stiff peaks).
Whisk the first part of meringue into the chocolate. Then fold the remaining 2 parts of egg white in.
Pour into ramekins and chill for 3 hours.
Raw eggs?
Hey! Yep, in the UK eggs are approved by the food standard agency to be consumed safely 🙂
How long can they be kept safely in fridge ? Loved it, but made way to much.
Did you a scale to weigh grams???
Yes a digital scale 🙂
Can you freeze them?
Not ideal with this recipe – I would freeze the cream based one in my ‘chocolate mousse 101’ recipe on my site