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The Secret of a Good Homemade Chocolate Mousse.

The Secret of a Good Homemade Chocolate Mousse.

A good homemade chocolate mousse, what is it is good !

Hard to do, do you think?

Especially so that it is light?

Not that much, if you follow our secret recipe.

With our grandmother's recipe, your chocolate mousse is inescapable. Watch:

The Secret of a Good Homemade Chocolate Mousse.

Contents
  • Ingredients for 4 people
  • How to
  • Result
  • Lightness tip with beaten egg whites

Ingredients for 4 people

- 200g dark chocolate

- 6 eggs

- 20g caster sugar

- 100 g of butter

How to

1. Melt your chocolate with your butter in a bain-marie.

2. Break your eggs by putting whites and yolks in separate containers.

3. Chill your yolks, keep them for another recipe.

4. Beat your egg whites until stiff, adding the sugar towards the end, little by little, while still beating.

5. Add some of the whipped egg whites to the chocolate-butter mixture.

6. Mix gently.

7. Add the rest of the whites little by little, mixing gently.

8. Pour your mousse into a bowl.

Let it rest in the fridge for at least 1 hour before serving.

Result

There you go, your light chocolate mousse is ready :-)

Lightness trick with beaten egg whites

The secret of foam is its lightness.

The secret of lightness itself lies in the way to whisk your egg whites...yes, nothing more, but you have to know it and apply yourself.

Click here to discover the trick.