Rosie's Chocolate Mousse
Serves: 20
Ingredients
Chocolate Mousse
250g 60% Milk Chocolate
150g 80% Dark Chocolate
1L Cream
400ml Milk
160g Sugar
16 Egg Yolks
50 ml Sherry
Sugar Syrup
200g Water
200g Sugar
To Prepare the Glasses
Syrup
Cocoa Powder
METHOD
Sugar Syrup
Bring both to a boil and simmer until reduced by half. Chill until cold in the fridge. Reserve for brushing the glasses.
To prepare the glasses
Brush each glass from bottom to top with the cold sugar syrup, make sure there isn’t too much excess on the glass. Roll 2 tbsp of cocoa powder round the glass and turn out the glass to remove the excess. Reserve until needed.
Chocolate Mousse
Ideally, using a kitchen aid or electric whisk – whisk your egg yolks, sugar and sherry until the mixture has doubled in size, turned light in colour, and manages to hold a figure of 8 in the mix. This is very important to give the mousse stability.
Combine the cream and milk in a pan and ‘scald’ – bring to a simmer and remove from the heat just before boiling point.
Combine both chocolates in a wide/deep bowl and pour over dairy. Allow to sit for 2 minutes so the chocolate melts and then mix well.
Cool the mixture down until it reaches 20°C and then begin to fold this through the aerated egg sabayon, folding your spatula from the bottom of the bowl to the top and round, in a cutting motion. Make sure that you do not over work the mix as this will remove the air.
Allow to mix to cool for 20 minutes and then pour into your lined glasses. Set for a minimum of four hours, ideally overnight.
Serve.




