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.

Recipe courtesy of Nigella Lawson

Show: Nigella Express

Episode: Against the Clock

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Total:: 20 min
Prep:: 10 min
Cook:: 10 min

Yield:: 4 to 6 servings

Level:: Easy

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!

My Private Notes

Name: Instant Chocolate Mousse
Prep time: P0Y0M0DT0H10M0.000S
Cook time: P0Y0M0DT0H10M0.000S
Total time: P0Y0M0DT0H20M0.000S
Yield: 4 to 6 servings
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