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50 Recipes 2011, #6: chocolate mousse
Jan. 23rd, 2011 08:59 pmApparently I'm on a dessert kick lately! I'm not normally, but as soon as I saw this recipe -- chocolate mousse made out of only two ingredients, chocolate and water -- I had to try it.
I've made traditional chocolate mousse many times, and it's not hard, but there are many steps: separating eggs, making chocolate custard, whipping cream, folding carefully. This mousse, developed by chemist Hervé This, has only two steps: melting the chocolate with a little water (or Earl Grey tea and Cointreau, in my case), then whipping it over ice water until it thickens. This video shows the chemistry magic at work, and believe me, it's every bit as magical when you make it yourself.
One caveat: if you have RSIs like me, do yourself a favor and use a stick blender instead of whisking by hand. The recipe takes significant whisking -- I lasted four minutes with my hand whisk before the pain forced me to give up and go with the stick blender for nearly another four minutes. But damn, science is delicious.
I've made traditional chocolate mousse many times, and it's not hard, but there are many steps: separating eggs, making chocolate custard, whipping cream, folding carefully. This mousse, developed by chemist Hervé This, has only two steps: melting the chocolate with a little water (or Earl Grey tea and Cointreau, in my case), then whipping it over ice water until it thickens. This video shows the chemistry magic at work, and believe me, it's every bit as magical when you make it yourself.
One caveat: if you have RSIs like me, do yourself a favor and use a stick blender instead of whisking by hand. The recipe takes significant whisking -- I lasted four minutes with my hand whisk before the pain forced me to give up and go with the stick blender for nearly another four minutes. But damn, science is delicious.