Sunday, November 21, 2010

Paleo mousse au chocolat


Everyone needs a little chocolate from time to time. I used to buy processed mousse au chocolat in France, it has already been one of my favorite desserts. But it is such an easy recipe, it was a shame to buy it pre-made, and not being able to control the quality of ingredients. Now that I eat paleo, I have no choice than to make it myself and contrary to what you could think, this is an easy recipe. It has to be prepared in advance, as it needs to chill for about 2 hours. This is a very satisfying dessert.
 
Ingredients
1 bar organic 70% dark chocolate
1/2 cup warm  water
3 eggs
a tsp honey (or sweetener of choice)
zest of orange, mandarin

Break the chocolate into pieces in a metal bowl and add the warm water. To melt it completely, put it over a small saucepan with simmering water and whisk it until it reaches a smooth texture. Set aside for one minute. Separate your eggs, and add the zest and honey to the egg yolks. Beat them until they turn foamy and fluffy. Add the yolk mixture to the chocolate and blend well together. Beat the egg whites until they are stiff. To make this easier, you can add a sprinkle of salt and refrigerate the whites for a couple of minutes. Fold the egg whites into the chocolate mixture tbsp by tbsp, making sure to homogeneously mix in the whites.
Pour the mousse into individual ramekins, cover with plastic film and refrigerate for 2 hours.

One of my favorite mousse of chocolat was made by my friend's cousin. She used to put "langue de chat" cookies soaked in fresh expresso (or coffee liquor) at the bottom of the bowl and pour the chocolate mousse on top. I am thinking of replicating this by making an almond cookie soaked in expresso, or cooked bananas. I'll post the update.

We ate two the first day and then kept the other two days in the fridge. The mousse keeps well refrigerated. The second time around, we topped it with fresh young thai coconut meat. Delicious!

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