Everyday Food’s Chocolate Mousse {Cooking Through My Collection}

Rich and creamy Chocolate Mousse anyone?!

If you love chocolate this dessert is for you. It was so good.

I have made chocolate mousse before, but I think this might be my favorite one. Today’s recipe for my cooking through my collection series comes from the Everyday Food: Fresh Flavor Fast cookbook. And I love this cookbook.

I know I say that about most of my cookbooks, but really this one is a favorite because it contains everyday food, with real and pretty basic ingredients. Overall, I just really enjoy both the Everyday Food magazines and cookbooks.

I will say though that my mousse did not turn out looking anything like their mousse. Now, don’t get me wrong, it was still very good, but I think I might have let my cream get a little to hot when I made this and it changed texture on me.

We still enjoyed this a lot and I managed to eat more than I should have, so it was perfectly fine according to us. It just did not look like the version in the book.

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Yield: 8 servings

Everyday Food's Chocolate Mousse

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Martha Stewart's Everyday Food Chocolatel Mousse is a classic easy to make chocolate mousse.

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 5 minutes

Total Time 15 minutes

Ingredients

• 8 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped and melted ( I used 60% cacao bittersweet chocolate)
• 4 egg yolks
• 4 tablespoons sugar
• 2 cups heavy cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

1. In a pan whisk together egg yolks, 2 tablespoons sugar, and 3/4 cup heavy cream. Cook over medium low heat whisking constantly until mixture is starting to thicken and coats the back of the spoon. This takes 3 minutes or so. Do not boil the mixture.
2. Remove from heat and stir in melted chocolate and vanilla. Strain through a fine mesh strainer to remove any lumps. Place in the refrigerator to cool.
3. In a mixer beat the remaining cream with the remaining sugar and beat until stiff peaks form. This takes several minutes.
4. Carefully fold about 1/3 of the whipped cream into the cooled chocolate mixture. Slowly add another 1/3 of the whipped cream, and then carefully fold in the remaining whipped cream until there are no streaks of white cream that can be seen.
5. Spoon into bowls and serve.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

8

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 438Total Fat: 39gSaturated Fat: 24gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 13gCholesterol: 160mgSodium: 27mgCarbohydrates: 16gFiber: 5gSugar: 8gProtein: 7g

Nutritional values are approximate and aren't always accurate.