Name: Chocolate mousse
Prep time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 170 gram dark chocolate; 250 gram philadelphia cream cheese; 75 gram caster sugar; few drops of vanilla extract; 2 tablespoon rum; 2 large free-range eggs, size-7; 50 gram caster sugar; 300 millilitre cream

Chocolate mousse

There's something about chocolate that most of us find hard to resist... Oh! Chocolate!

Ingredients

170 gram dark chocolate

250 gram philadelphia cream cheese

75 gram caster sugar

few drops of vanilla extract

2 tablespoon rum

2 large free-range eggs, size-7

50 gram caster sugar

300 millilitre cream

Method

1.Melt chocolate in a bowl in the microwave, or set a heatproof bowl over a saucepan with a little barely-simmering water and stir until chocolate melts (don’t let chocolate get hot).

2.Whip cream cheese with the first lot of caster sugar (75g), vanilla extract and rum.

3.Separate the eggs, putting the whites in a grease-free bowl. Whip egg whites to a dense foamy snow, then beat in the second lot of sugar in 3-4 lots; don’t make it as stiff as for a meringue or it will be difficult to mix with the other ingredients. Whip 250ml of cream until it’s a similar consistency to the egg whites.

4.Mix chocolate and egg yolks into cream cheese then immediately fold in egg whites, and lastly the cream. Work quickly. Spoon mixture into glasses then chill.

5.Before serving, lightly whip remaining cream and spoon a dollop on top of each glass. Dust with cocoa and serve.

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