I love to finish a home-cooked meal with a home-made pudding, but with six children I often end up time poor and pudding can easily be a bridge too far. As my children often eat up all their dinner and cry, ‘what’s for pudding’ and I don’t like the disappointed groans I get when I say, ‘no pudding tonight’, I have developed as repertoire of quick fix desserts and the chocolate mousse one I’m sharing with you is simple and delicious.
This chocolate mousse looks great served in vintage cup or decorative coffee cups.
They make great desserts for dinner parties as not only are they easy to make, but they can be made ahead of time.
Ingredients:
300 g good quality dark chocolate
6 free range eggs separated
3 tsp brandy or cherry essence
Method:
Melt chocolate in a bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water
when fully melted set aside to cool a little
Whisk the egg whites in a clean bowl until they form stiff peaks
Whisk the eggs yolks one at a time into the chocolate
Whisk in the brandy
Fold in the egg whites, taking care not to knock all the air out of the mixture
Divide mixture between cups and chill for 3 hours before serving
Enjoy!
