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Awesome chocolate mousse by Pierre Herme

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Ingredients

  • 170 g of 70% Black Chocolate
  • 8 cl of Warm Milk
  • 1 Egg Yolk
  • 4 Egg White
  • 20 g of Granulated Sugar

Method

  1. Whip the egg white until their form a ‘bec’ (Firm Peak) while slowly integrate the sugar
  2. Melt the chocolate in a double boiler
  3. Warm the milk
  4. Mix the milk into the melted chocolate
  5. At this point the mix should be warm but not over hot (45° C), if it is too warm, wait a bit
  6. Mix in the egg yolk
  7. Take 1/3 of the whipped egg white and mix into the chocolate mix, mix well
  8. Once this is done, carefully fold the remaining egg white into the mix
  9. Reserve 1 hour into the refrigerator

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Traditional
Serve4-5
Preparation Time5 mn
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AuthorsPascal Crausaz/Pierre Hermé
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