Classic chocolate mousse
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Serves 4
Ingredients
- 150g dark chocolate
- 100ml double cream
- 3 egg whites
- 50g golden caster sugar
ORANGE SHORTBREAD
- 50g icing sugar, plus more for dusting
- 100g plain flour
- 25g cornflour
- 25g ground almonds
- 1 orange, zested
- 125g butter, cold and cut into cubes
- 1-2 tbsp orange blossom water
Method
- STEP 1
Melt the chocolate into the cream in a bowl set over a pan of simmering water (be careful not to let the base of the bowl touch the water, or any water get into the chocolate), or in a microwave.
- STEP 2
Whisk the egg whites to stiff peaks and then whisk in the sugar and keep whisking until you have a glossy mixture. Stir a third of the meringue into the chocolate, then gently fold in the rest. Divide between 4 pots and chill.
- STEP 3
Meanwhile, heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Mix the icing sugar, flour, cornflour, ground almonds with the orange zest and rub in the butter. Stir in 1-2 tbsp orange blossom water and bring the mixture together to make a dough. Roll it out to make a rectangle on a parchment-lined baking sheet and bake for 15-20 minutes until golden. Slice into fingers, cool, then dust with icing sugar. Serve alongside the chilled chocolate mousse.
