Wednesday 25 January 2017

Chocolate and Orange Mousse


In my humble repertoire of food entertaining, it seems that nothing pleases guests more than a good old chocolate mousse. And that has to be a major plus for the busy home cook. Simple to make and utterly delicious, a mousse never draws complaint.

The other plus is that it is a pleasant thing to eat for both children and adults and if my daughter is anything to go by, it is also a lot of fun to make. All elements of fun cooking with children are here, from smashing or cracking of eggs, to whipping up so that it sits over your head without giving you an egg white hat, to dripping messily into serving glasses and finally the ubiquitous licking of the bowl.

A couple of hours in the fridge and a dream dessert is ready and your little ones can claim glory. Try experimenting with flavours, adding grated orange or lemon, a spoonful of ground almonds, broken biscuit or toasted hazelnuts. Serve with or without cream.

Chocolate and Orange Mousse

Makes 4-5 glasses

200g 70% proof chocolate
50g butter
4 eggs
25g sugar
Zest of 1 orange

1 – Place the chocolate and butter into an ovenproof bowl and place into a pre-heated medium oven for 5 minutes to melt. Remove and mix thoroughly. Set aside to cool slightly.
2 – Crack the eggs and separate the whites and yolks into mixing bowls. Add the sugar to the yolks and beat with a whisk until frothy and paler.
3 – Whisk the egg whites until it will sit over your head without falling out.
4 – Grate the orange zest into the chocolate and butter mixture then mix in the sugar and egg yolk mixture. Quickly fold in a large spoonful of the egg whites then gently fold in the remaining until thoroughly mixed in.
5 – Drip spoonfuls of the mixture into serving glasses then put into the fridge for 1-2 hours until set.

5 comments:

Valerie Harrison (bellini) said...

Your daughter is growing up David and I am sure she loves nothing more than to be in the kitchen with Daddy.

Unknown said...

When I was a kid I remember those mousses my Mam would buy with the little cardboard lids and a sticky out tab to open. I loved them, I used to take my time eating them. Your recipe brings back those memories (one of the great things about food apart from eating and cooking!). Simple and fun to make. Nice one David.

Coffee and Vanilla said...

Delicious recipe and beautiful daughter, she is growing sooo fast!
Glad you like my sour cucumber soup, one of my favourites, they say it taste even better made on some smoked ribs, but I wouldn't know that since I don't eat red meat.
I just posted yesterday explanation on my not-blogging recently, but automatic publishing failed so I just published it now.

Jan said...

A simple and delicious dessert - always a winner in my book.

If I'd been around, I think your daughter would have had some competition to lick out that bowl. :-)

Take care x

aforkfulofspaghetti said...

Absolutely can't beat a good chocolate mousse! Always a winner with children and adults alike, I find.

Great that your daughter likes helping out so much!

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