Chocolate - Chestnut Mousse
Total Time: 5 hrs 25 mins
Preparation Time: 25 mins
Cook Time: 5 hrs
Ingredients
- Servings: 16
- 1 (12 ounce) package semisweet chocolate chunks, melted
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 1 (15 1/2 ounce) can chestnut puree
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup whipping cream, beaten stiff
- 4 egg whites, beaten to form soft peaks
- 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons water
- 1 tablespoon icing sugar
- red glazed cherries (for garnish)
- green glazed cherries (for garnish)
Recipe
- 1 melt the chocolate& butter in a heavy saucepan on very low heat, remove pan from heat stir in the chestnut puree, a little at a time, mashing with the back of the spoon to break up large pieces (small bits of puree will remain in the mixture) add vanilla& salt.
- 2 beat until stiff and fold in a 1/2 cup cream.
- 3 in a fresh bowl beat egg whites with the cream of tartar.
- 4 heat sugar and 3 tbsp water to boiling, stirring until it reaches 240f degrees.
- 5 slowly beat the hot syrup into the egg whites.
- 6 continue beating until stiff peaks form.
- 7 gently fold in the chocolate mixture, making sure no streaks of egg remain pour into a 2 quart clear or ceramic bowl.
- 8 cover and refrigerat for 4 hours or overnight.
- 9 to serve beat the remaining cream with the icing sugar.
- 10 pipe the cream on the mousse and garnish with cherries.
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