Hi and a festive welcome to Steve's kitchen. Now I've got a big pot of
Branston Pickle bubbling away on the back there, it's going to take about an hour,
so that gives me time to do a request for me old mate VB Ed, who said in a
comment recently "would I make a chocolate mousse". So this one is for you
Ed. I'm going to be using a 70% cocoa, this is a brix cocoa and it's in the box.
I'm just going to give it a good slap and once I've got your attention don't
forget to subscribe and hit the bell, go on tell them Ed, it's a good thing to be
subscribed to Steve's kitchen and while I'm at it I'd like to wish a Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year to Stuart Pearson, his girlfriend Sammy asked me
if I would. So let's get on and make a delicious chocolate mousse. We're going to
want 140 grams that's 5 ounces of dark strong chocolate, although I'm using a
70% high-end chocolate you can pretty much use any chocolate you enjoy, so just
knock your socks off. I have a cup of thick whipping cream here and I'm just
going to add about 1/4 of it in with my chocolate, in a microwave proof jug or
dish. We want to then take that and just blitz it in the microwave for about 30
seconds. We'll take the rest of that cream, pop it into a bowl and using a
hand whisk I just want to beat this a little bit, not too much, we want to
increase the volume. Now don't be tempted to over whisk the cream at this point, we
want it reasonably thick and aerated. Now I just want to separate out three egg
whites from their yolks, so I'm going to do it the old-fashioned way. We're just
going to break the egg open and then a little bit from side to side and I'll
pop the yolks into another bowl. Now my second yolk I'm going to drop it in with my
cream, just to add some extra richness in there and now what we want to do is just
take the egg whites and we want to whisk these up until they're nice and stiff
and I do want those egg whites nice and stiff. I hope you're paying attention Ed.
Now our chocolate and cream has been in the microwave and the cream has warmed
up and started to melt the chocolate, so I'm just going to stir this together
until I get what effectively is a chocolate ganache. Now it is Christmas
after all and this one is for you Ed, I'm going to add a cap full of an orange
liqueur in with my chocolate. Now we can pour that rich dark chocolate in with
our cream, a gentle mix through of the chocolate with the cream and I'm going to
add in half of my lovely soft egg whites and then we want to gently fold this in
with our chocolate. Now you don't want to over mix, as that starts to come together
I'm going to take the rest of the egg whites and pop them in there like big
fluffy clouds and I want to gently mix these together until I've got a nice
even mousse and I've got this lovely smooth mousse here. Now all that remains
is for me to get a couple of glasses and I'm just going to pour them into the
center of the glass, almost all the way to the top and then we just want to set
these in the fridge for an hour or so to set up nice and firm. Now the mousse has
set up beautifully there in the fridge and I've popped out and got myself a
punnet of raspberries Ed, 4 bucks for a little punnet like this, absolutely
ridiculous but I am dedicated. We're going to decorate this up a tiny little
bit and then I just want to get tucked into it, if it already wasn't rich enough
I just want to put a little bit of dark cocoa over the top, a piece of mint, just
to make it look pretty, I'm going to place a raspberry in the center there.
Now I just want some beautiful curls of white chocolate, so I'm going to dip in
there now and give this a try. Now be careful although a chocolate
mousse looks as light as an Angel's feather, it's going to hit you in the
stomach like the devil's hoof. Here we go yum yum wow that is so rich, so delicious
and I'll pop back in there, get myself a raspberry, I did pay four dollars for
them after all but they do taste absolutely delicious. Now a huge and
Merry Christmas to everybody out there, I hope you have a wonderful time, Thank You
Ed for the idea, I hope some of you are going to go and give this a try.
Chocolate mousse - it really doesn't get much simpler or more delicious than this.
See you in the new year.