Mr T and I love having family over on a Sunday afternoon and we normally cook a nice dinner – nothing fancy just good old-fashioned home cooking. A few weeks back we got roast beef as a gift from a friend which we froze for future purposes – what better purpose than to feed a family. We had pan-fried cabbage and mashed potatoes with the meat (rubbed with mustard and roasted in the oven on top of some onions – the gravy was simply delicious). But what to serve as dessert??? I went through the cupboards and found a bar of chocolate that Mr T hadn’t found yet (he can smell chocolate miles away), so chocolate mousse it was.
This is a very simple recipe for chocolate mousse but it is still very rich – don’t be tempted to add more chocolate, it will not improve the dish but will be too rich to eat after a meal. I used milk chocolate with 35% solids but you can of course use darker chocolate – the flavour will be less sweet but more intense.
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| Delicious Chocolate Mousse |
Just before serving, I whipped up some cream and topped the mousse with it. It looked like a mini pint of Guinness.
- 120g chocolate, broken up in small pieces
- 4 medium eggs, separated
- 2 tbsp caster sugar (or more if you prefer it sweeter)
