Photo: Instant Chocolate Mousse Recipe
Normally you need to make chocolate mousse a good few hours, or better still a day, before you want to eat it so the egg yolk sets and the whisked whites permeate everything with air bubbles. Forget that: here we have no yolks, no whites, no whisking, no waiting. Lack of raw egg, incidentally, also means that you might be happier giving the mousse to small children, though I certainly feel they should not be the only beneficiaries.
Ingredients
- 3 cups mini marshmallows
- 1/2 stick unsalted butter, softened
- 9 ounces best quality semisweet chocolate, chopped into small pieces
- 1/4 cup hot water from a recently boiled kettle
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions
Put the marshmallows, butter, chocolate and water in a heavy-based saucepan.
Put the saucepan on the stove, over heat, though keep it fairly gentle, to melt, stirring every now and again. Remove from the heat.
Meanwhile whip the cream with the vanilla until thick and then fold into the cooling chocolate mixture until you have a smooth, cohesive mixture.
Pour or scrape into 4 or 6 glasses or small dishes and chill until you want to eat. The sooner the better!
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By cvera
Thornton, CO
on July 13, 2011
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Absolutly Vantastic!! its soo easy... Oddly enough I made it the first few times from memory, it seemed easy enough to remember the same measure for the 3 main ingrediants, (except for the water including the cream! (and I too had to halve the recipie It came out wonderfully rich and quite dense, almost truffle like! Then Looking at Nigellas site made me realise that I had forgotten the Butter!!! but it still turned out!? Darn! now I'll have to make it again.. this time with butter.. how much better can it be??? Has anyone tried this with White chocolate chips??
By Ina Lover
Dallas,GA
on June 24, 2011
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There is one thing wrong with the directions beat the cream until stiff
By mollthedoll
on May 14, 2011
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yum yum!! This mousse was sooo easy to make & so tasty! It's a chocolate lover's dream! Next time I'm going to add a spoonful of Cointreau or Grand Marnier instead of the water! Big hit with everyone who tasted it!
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