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- From: kent@decwrl (Christopher A. Kent)
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- Subject: RECIPE: Easy chocolate mousse
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- Date: 2 Jan 87 04:48:38 GMT
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- .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE MOUSSE-CHOC-3 D "30 Sep 86" 1987
- .RZ "HIPPO POT DE MOUSSE" "Extremely quick and easy chocolate mousse"
- This is an adaptation of a very easy chocolate mousse recipe from
- Sandra Boynton's hilarious book,
- .IR "Chocolate, the Consuming Passion" .
- It requires none of the laborious preparation that most French mousse
- recipes call for, and really optimizes the effort needed to consume the
- chocolate, which is, after all, what this is all about.
- .IH "Serves one to six people"
- .IG "4 oz" "semisweet chocolate" "125 g"
- .IG "2 oz" "bittersweet chocolate" "60 g"
- .IG "2 cups" "heavy cream," "500 ml"
- well chilled. Whipping cream will do nicely.
- .IG "1 tsp" "almond extract" "5 ml"
- (optional)
- .PH
- .SK 1
- Melt the chocolate together in the top of a double boiler.
- Be careful to do this slowly, so as not to burn the chocolate, and to
- keep all moisture away from the pot.
- Let the chocolate cool for five minutes.
- .SK 2
- While the chocolate cools, whip the cream and almond extract together
- until very stiff.
- .SK 3
- Gently fold the cooled chocolate into the whipped cream.
- There will be many flecks of chocolate in the mixture.
- .SK 4
- If you're not going to eat it all yourself, spoon into six large wine
- glasses. Chill one hour.
- .NX
- If you're careful, you can also melt the chocolate in a microwave oven,
- in its wrapper. If you try this, be especially mindful of the semisweet
- chocolate, as the sugar therein caramelizes very quickly, leading to an
- awful mess (and ruined chocolate).
- .SH RATING
- .I Difficulty:
- easy to moderate.
- .I Time:
- 20 minutes preparation, 1 hour chilling.
- .I Precision:
- measure the ingredients.
- .WR
- Chris Kent
- Digital Equipment Corp., Western Research Lab, Palo Alto, Calif., USA
- kent@decwrl.dec.com decwrl!kent
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