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Rusacks_18_Warm dark chocolate mousse_credit_ Stephen Lister

Baked Chocolate Mousse Recipe from Jenna Todd, Pastry Chef at 18 at Rusacks, St Andrews

Ingredients
  

  • 240 g 70% dark chocolate
  • 112 g water
  • 40 g whisky
  • 6 large eggs
  • 76 g sugar
  • 2 scoops of good quality vanilla ice cream to serve

Instructions
 

  • Melt chocolate and water over a bain-marie until smooth.
  • Add whisky to chocolate mix and stir well.
  • In  an electric mixer whisk together eggs and sugar until they are  pale and have increased in volume.
  • Fold ¼ of the egg mixture into the chocolate, followed carefully by the rest of the egg mixture so as not to knock out the air.
  • Divide the mousse mixture into a high sided serving dish
  • Place dishes into a bain-marie to cook.
  • Cook at 160 degrees for 15 minutes (centre of mousse should be around 68 degrees)
Keyword chocolate, dessert, luxury, mousse,