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Wednesday 11 February 2015

Chocolate Mousse for 2 ( Without Cream and Without Raw Eggs!!! )


Chocolatey, Creamy, Rich at the same time light and fluffy Chocolate Mousse!!!

Chocolate Mousse for 2 without cream and without raw eggs


The very first time I had mousse was during a flight trip to Mumbai. They served us Mango Mousse during the lunch. I enjoyed every spoon. It was so light, creamy and full of mango flavour ( At that time I didn't even know that it was called mousse!! ) I enjoyed it totally...
Later back in Coimbatore, I had Butterscotch Mousse once and totally hated it. It was so rich, creamy and light but completely lacked the flavour. It was totally bland. I felt like I was eating a glass full of plain whipped cream without any flavour. All these eventually led me to try my own version.

I have always skipped doing mousse mainly because of 2 reasons. One is the use of raw eggs and the other is the use of whipped cream, which I try to avoid as much as possible. As you have seen in my Panner Butter Masala recipe and Caramel Sauce recipe I try to work with ingredients that I have readily (Ya! I know its a crazy habit ) And I don't want the whipped cream to overpower the chocolate. For me a perfect chocolate mousse should be fluffy, light, creamy, rich at the same time chocolatey!!! I want the chocolate to shine through every spoonful...
Once, while just browsing through I came across Swiss ButterCream recipe in which the egg whites are first cooked with sugar and then whipped. I loved that idea!!! Now problem solved :)
I am very proud to say that I developed this recipe from scratch ( Yay!!! ) In this chocolate mousse, the eggs are cooked. This Chocolate Mousse just has 3 main steps-
1) Prepare the chocolate cream
2) Prepare the meringue
3) Combine Cream and meringue.
I cooked the yolk while preparing chocolate cream and the egg white while preparing meringue. Plus there is no whipped cream to dull the chocolate flavour. So this is a win win recipe!!! There is loads of chocolate flavour with light, fluffy and creamy texture without any extra fat :)

Chocolate Mousse for 2 without cream and without raw eggs

Job Done!!! This Chocolate Mousse is exactly how I wanted it to be. Its so chocolatey!!! All the light and creamy texture doesn't overpower the chocolate. Now, how many times have I said that ??? You get it right? its soooo chocolatey!!!!! You will get chocolate flavour in every spoon. And it is a very quick recipe. You can complete this within 15 minutes. The only bad thing about this chocolate mousse is you need to wait for it to set completely ( though I cheated as usual the first time I did, hey! its my favorite chocolate and I can't help it :) )

Before we get on with the recipe, I want to wish you all a very Happy Valentines Day!!!




INGREDIENTS:



Dark Chocolate - 40 g
Milk - 1/4 cup
Butter - 1/2 tbsp
Egg - 1
Caster Sugar - 1 and 1/4 tbsp

METHOD:
1) Separate the egg yolk and white and place in clean and dry separate bowls. Chop the chocolate and keep it aside. Lightly break the yolk with the fork.
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2) Bring the milk to a boil. Pour little ( about 1 to 2 tbsp ) of hot milk into the yolk, while whisking continuously to avoid any scrambling of the yolk (This process is called tempering the eggs ) Now pour the yolk mixture back to the milk pan.
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3) Whisk continuously until it gets thickened and coats the back of the spoon as shown in picture below ( just run a finger through the back of the spoon, if it leaves a path it is ready! ) Add the butter and the chopped chocolate.
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4) Mix well till it is smooth and glossy. Pour it through a sieve just to make sure you don't have any scrambled egg.
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5) Our chocolate cream is now ready. Allow it to cool to room temperature. Add caster sugar to the egg white.
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6) Place the egg white bowl over a pan of simmering water. Make sure that the bowl does not touch the water. Now start whisking.
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7) Whisk continuously until the sugar dissolves and the mixture turns from transparent to slightly white colour ( refer picture ) Keep watching as it will be over within 1 to 2 minutes. The mixture should also be warm. At this point remove it from over the pan and start whipping with a electric beater. Start from low speed and increase it to its highest speed.
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8) Whip until stiff peaks form.
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9) Now fold 1/3 rd of the meringue to the chocolate cream to loosen it up first. Mix the next 1/3 rd of the meringue and finally the last 1/3 rd.
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10) You will get light and creamy mixture as shown in the picture below. Pour into individual ramekins and cover it with cling film. Refrigerate for overnight ( or a minimum of 4 hours )
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Chocolate Mousse for 2 without cream and without raw eggs

Get ready to dig in!! Look at the fluffy chocolate mousse. It is chocolate heaven for all the chocolate lovers!!!

Chocolate Mousse for 2 without cream and without raw eggs

NOTES:
1) I used chocolate with 50% cocoa.
2) Make sure the egg is at room temperature.
3) Always fold the meringue gently as it gives the fluffy texture to the mousse.

Chocolate Mousse for 2 without cream and without raw eggs

21 comments:

  1. Real yum
    well explained!
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  2. Awesome & lovely presented mousse..............perfect for valentine day.
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  3. Looks delicious and very nice treat love it

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  4. Delicious looking chocolate mousse!

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  5. Tempting Valentines day special..... Beautifully presented......and looks delicious :)

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  6. That looks so light fluffy and yum

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  7. Delicious and tempting mousse these are. Presentation too is superb

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  8. Simple..
    rich..
    gooey..
    creamy..
    fluffy..
    chocolaty..
    bit thicky which makes the people say YUM and leave them finger licking..;)

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  9. This looks so lovely and fluffy :D Yesssss ^ ^ I am curious about mango mousse as well though, do you think you'll make that in the future? :) x

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    1. Thank you so much Jules!! Yes, surely I will try mango mousse :)

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  10. This mousse looks so comforting, light, and creamy! I want a spoonful right now!

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  11. Looks super tempting!! love the without egg version!!

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  12. Chocolate mousse is every chocoholic's must do dessert! the texture looks fabulous.

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  13. I have to try this! Looks totally cool! Thank you for the detailed instruction.

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  14. This is our absolute favorite! Yum!

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  15. That mousse looks amazing. What a great idea - I never have cream about either and would always choose chocolate so have bookmarked

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  16. Very well explained in detail... love anything choclate :))

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