Chocolate Mousse Recipe with Orange Shortbreads

Chocolate mousse with orange shortbreads

Name: Chocolate mousse with orange shortbreads
Total time: 30 min
Yield: serves 4
Ingredients: dark chocolate 150g; double cream 100ml; egg whites 3; golden caster sugar 50g; icing sugar 50g, plus more for dusting; plain flour 100g; cornflour 25g; ground almonds 25g; orange 1, zested; butter 125g, cold and cut into cubes; orange blossom water 1-2 tbsp

30 minutes
serves 4
Easy

Make these ahead and you won't be fussing just before you serve dinner. This makes enough for 4, so save 2 for later – they will keep for a couple of days. Buy the shortbreads if you prefer.

February 2, 2015 at 4:16 pm

Ingredients

dark chocolate 150g
double cream 100ml
egg whites 3
golden caster sugar 50g

ORANGE SHORTBREAD

icing sugar 50g, plus more for dusting
plain flour 100g
cornflour 25g
ground almonds 25g
orange 1, zested
butter 125g, cold and cut into cubes
orange blossom water 1-2 tbsp

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.