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Chocolate-Nut Mousse Recipe
Ingredients
- Serving Size : 4
- 4 ounces sweet cooking chocolate – melted and cooled
- 1/4 cup finely chopped nuts
- 4 Eggs – separated
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
Method
- Whipped cream – optional
- Chocolate Curls – optional
- Combine chocolate and nuts; set aside.
- Beat egg whites and salt in large bowl of mixer at high speed until stiff but not dry; set aside.
- Beat egg yolks in small bowl of mixer until thick and lemon-colored, then stir in chocolate-nut mixture.
- Fold into whites until very well blended.
- Spoon into 4 individual dessert dishes.
- Chill at least 2 hours.
- Serve with dollop of whipped cream garnished with chocolate curls.
- Makes 4 servings.
- CHOCOLATE CURLS: Hold wrapped square or bar of semisweet, sweet or milk chocolate in hands to warm slightly.
- Unwrap and with vegetable peeler or small sharp knife shave chocolate in long thin strokes to form curls.
- Shave directly onto dessert.
- NOTE: unsweetened chocolate can be used but is more brittle and harder to shave.
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