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17 Comments Chocolate mousse is one of the most perfect desserts out there. It can be made in advance, which makes it perfect for dinner parties, it is super delicious and decadent and there aren’t a lot of people who don’t like chocolate. So like I said, the perfect dessert!
Chocolate mousse
Before I start this recipe I have to tell you something. I come from a ‘weird’ family. Weird in the fact that non of my parents ór my grand parents cooked or liked to cook. My mum hated it. So I never grew up with lovely tales of cooking with grandma or mom. It just wasn’t meant to be. But I always wondered why I couldn’t remember any meal ever eaten at my grandparents house.
Was I suffering from amnesia? Did I suffer selective memory loss? I thought it was strange. I had never thought to ask my parents, until that time when I made them this chocolate mousse recipe. When they became older they never really cooked anymore and relied on meal services. So when I or one of my sisters cooked for them they always ate like they didn’t get fed for weeks.
Love for cooking?
So at this memorable meal I popped the question ‘Why can’t I remember ever having eaten anything at grandma’s?” My mum didn’t hesitate one bit when answering. ‘Because you never ate anything there!’ I was stunned. Relieved to find out that nothing was wrong with my memory but also a bit surprised and confused. We went there every week for as long as I can remember. Every Sunday we were at my grandma’s house. And every Sunday – apparently – we went home without any meal. We did always get a little box of raisins. I do remember that.
I would have loved to tell a tale of a loving grandma (she wás loving though… Just not the cooking kind of love) who stood over the stove making delicious meals. But sadly that is not the case.
Making the chocolate mousse
It’s a good thing I had made a large batch of this chocolate mousse as my dad – sometimes called the dessert monster – had a lot. And with good reason too as this is the most delicious chocolate mousse. Or so I think. There is butter in the recipe so that means that the chocolate will firm up quicker once in the fridge and it is in general somewhat firmer than for instance the Italian chocolate mousse which doesn’t use any butter. I like it that way.
It is super easy to make. You simply melt the chocolate and the butter over a double boiler. Once everything is smooth and comes together you take it off the heat and let it cool a bit.
In the meantime you can whisk your double cream (optionally you can add a bit of sugar to that) and you whisk you egg whites to stiff peaks. Once the chocolate mix is cooled off a bit you add the egg yolks to it. Add one egg yolk and whisk it through before adding the next.
Then you fold in the double cream and end with the egg whites. Carefully fold it together making sure not to whisk out the air. I put the chocolate mousse in a piping bag and pipe it into the serving glasses. You can also spoon it of course. I just like the way it looks when it is piped.
Cooling
Once that is done you place the glasses of chocolate mousse in the fridge and let it sit for a few hours. It is best served with some whipping cream although it is also perfectly delicious without!
Chocolate mousse recipe
Ingredients
- 200 gr dark chocolate
- 250 ml double cream
- 75 gr butter
- 4 eggs egg yolks and egg whites split
- 2 tbsp icing sugar
How to make this chocolate mousse recipe
- Place the butter and the chocolate (chopped in pieces) in a heat resistant bowl and melt this slowly au bain marie (double boiler) together. Split the eggs and put the egg whites in a grease free bowl.
- As soon as the chocolate and the butter form a smooth mixture, take of the heat and ad the eggyolks one by one and whisk each one until incorporated. Set aside
- Whisk the cream to soft peaks and set aside
- Whisk the eggwhites to soft peaks and sieve the iciing sugar over it. Whisk till it is glossy and forms stiff peaks.
- Add the whipping cream with the chocolate mixture and fold this until well mixed. Do the same thing with the eggwhites and put the chocolate mousse into bowls to set in the fridge. Leave it there for at least 3 hours
Nutrition Information per portion:
Disclaimer:
The nutritional values above are calculated per portion. The details are based on standard nutritional tables and do not constitute a professional nutritional advice.
Can i change icing sugar to caster sugar?
Yes that should be fine to do!
What an interesting story ! 🙂 I do have a mom who was (she doesn’t cook anymore) a great cook as well as two of my grandma’s sisters. However, they all cooked what I call down-to-earth food. Primarily meals. I, on the other hand, am fascinated by everything sweet especially in the baking area. I have been looking for a creamy, mild and “friendly” chocolate mousse recipe (most seem too thick and dense) and I loved yours. Will try it this week and post the results. THANK YOU !! 🙂
it looks wonderful!
Thanks!
Interesting story. I know I had some meals at both of my grandparents houses (they lived pretty far away so I rarely saw them), but nothing memorable. All the great recipes I know come from my great grandmother (who apparently was a wonderful cook) via my mother — I never knew my great grandmother, alas. Anyway, I do know chocolate mousse, and this looks excellent. I haven’t had this dish in ages — you’re tempting me!
Thanks so much John! I realize I’m certainly not the only one without cooking memories for either parents or grandparents but I just think it is slightly odd.. Lol…
More of my friends hate to cook than those who do. I guess I can see why, it is a lot of work but I love it. It’s therapeutic and even artistic to me. Lovely mousse!
Thanks so much Gwen. I know… I have a lot of friends who hate cooking too but I wouldn’t want to live without it!
Funny, I don’t really have any Grandma foodie memories, but my maternal nan died quite young and my paternal one lived in Oz. Mystery solved 🙂
Janie x
Yes well different cause, same effect…:)
At least your memory is just fine. 🙂 I would have loved this chocolate mousse too and might have eaten the bowl of whipped cream too.
It’s sad that you don’t have memories of bread making with Grammy like I do or cookie making with Mémère. I know I must get my love of cooking from them. They each had 12 children and my parents were the youngest for both of them. (they were old when I was born)
Which only proves that my dad was so wrong in saying it was the number of kids that made my grandma hate cooking! Yes I would have loved those memories too. But it is what it is!
In my family it is the other way round, my mom & me are the dessert lovers! Your chocolate mousse looks so appetizing & cool serving cups too!
Yum Yum Yummm! 🙂
Thanks so much Sophie!
Wow Simone, that is sad too! Oh well glad you are such a good cook!
Lol… At least I know I did not get my love from cooking genetically. 🙂