Recipes by Barbara Northwood

Chocolate orange mousse

Sep 22 05:14pm
Prep Time Serves
20 mins 8
Ingredients
  • 180g block dark chocolate, chopped
  • 2 tsps finely grated orange rind
  • 1/4 cup orange juice
  • 3 eggs, separated
  • 1/4 cup caster sugar
  • 300ml tub thickened cream
  • 1/2 cup crushed Amaretti biscuits
  • Extra crushed Amaretti biscuits and orange segments,
  • to decorate

 

 

1 Place dark chocolate, rind and juice in a heatproof bowl. Sit bowl over a pan of simmering water. Stir until smooth. Remove from heat.


2 Place egg whites in the small bowl of an electric mixer. Beat until soft peaks form. Gradually add sugar, 1 tblsp at a time, beating between additions. Beat until mixture is smooth and sugar is dissolved.


3 Beat cream in the small bowl of an electric mixer until soft peaks form.


4 Stir yolks into warm chocolate mixture. Fold in egg whites in two batches. Then fold in cream, in two batches, until just combined.


5 Divide biscuits among eight serving glasses (1-cup capacity). Divide mousse over biscuits. Refrigerate overnight.


6 Serve mousse decorated with extra biscuits and orange segments.

 


Note: Amaretti biscuits are an Italian almond macaroon available from delicatessens and Italian grocers. For a special occasion, replace 1 tblsp of the orange juice with orange-flavoured liqueur.

 

 

 

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