Cookbook of the Week, French Cooking Made Easy by Richard Grausman.
Chocolate Mousse. One of my favorites yet I never made it because I thought it was something hard to do.
I recently visited with a friend of mine at her house. The kids played, dinner was preparing and Charlie made himself at home and opened her fridge. He saw pudding. Charlie will be 3 years old next month and he's never had pudding.
No I'm not anal about junk food but I am about freshness, baking and cooking from scratch.
That's the reason why I've never got it for him. I never really buy prepared food.
However, I did let him have it. He and I had a few spoonfuls and that was it. I thought to myself, I have to learn how to make pudding.
So as I was flipping through this fabulous cook book and I came across a recipe for Chocolate Mousse. It's sort of similar I thought. I read the directions and was amazed at how easy this was.
What you need:
4ounces of semi sweet or bittersweet chocolate
4 tbsp of unsalted butter
4 eggs separated
1/8 tsp cream of tartar
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| Haha, um....wow! Melt chocolate and butter over a low heat until smooth Remove from heat, whisk in egg yolks until blended. Pour into a large bowl. |
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| Beat egg whites and cream of tartar until stiff peaks form. |
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| Fold chocolate mixture into the egg whites |
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| Voila, once all mixed put into a crystal bowl and chill for 2hrs. Since I don't have one I used wine glasses |
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Looks delicious,although my chocoholic hubby would probably eat it all!! lol!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for commenting!
ReplyDeleteI hope you'll try making it.
It is delish and I'm going to try milk chocolate instead and add some orange rind to it.
This will be a staple in my house :)