Chocolate Mousse
Chocolate mousse is a French classic that is delightfully light, melt in the mouth delicious, and deceptively easy to make for a show stopping easy dessert.
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 631kcal
Ingredients
- 4 large egg yolks
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups heavy cream divided
- 8 ounces bittersweet or semi sweet chocolate chopped
Instructions
- In a medium sized saucepan, whisk egg yolks, sugar, vanilla, and 1 cup of heavy cream. Heat over medium-low to medium heat for about 5 minutes until mixture is hot and coats the back of a spoon. Do not boil!
- Pour the hot cream mixture over the chopped chocolate. Continue stirring the mixture until the chocolate is completely melted and the mixture is smooth. Chill until cool.
- With a hand mixer or stand mixer, beat on medium high speed the remaining 1 1/2 cups heavy cream until stiff beaks form.
- Fold 1/3 of the whipped cream into the chocolate mixture with a rubber spatula. Once the whipped cream is well incorporated, fold the remaining 2/3 of the whipped cream into the mixture.
- Scoop the chocolate mousse into serving dishes, cover, and chill for at least 30 minutes.
- Serve mousse at room temperature.
Notes
Mousse will keep covered up to 3 days