Chocolate mousse
- Preparation time 30 minutes + 2 hours refrigeration
- Cooking time 1 minute
- Serves 4-6
Ingredients
- 1 litre carton low-fat prepared vanilla custard
- ½ cup NESTLÉ Baking Cocoa
- ¼ cup icing sugar
- 3 teaspoons gelatine
- 2 egg whites
Method
- Place custard in a large mixing bowl.
- Sift in cocoa and sugar.
- Combine gently, using a wire whisk until smooth.
- Put 2 tablespoons hot water in a small bowl and sprinkle gelatine over.
- Stand bowl in a saucepan with about 1-2 cm hot water, and place over low heat for about 1 minute until gelatine has softened.
- Remove bowl from saucepan and whisk gelatine, using a fork to dissolve.
- Set aside to cool slightly.
- Beat egg whites in a clean dry bowl, with clean beaters, until soft peaks form.
- Add egg whites and gelatine to custard mixture and fold gently until combined.
- Using a metal spoon or rubber spatula, work carefully so as not to lose the volume from the egg whites.
- Transfer to a 6-cup capacity serving bowl, or six individual 1-cup bowls.
- Refrigerate for 2 hours until softly set.
- Serve with fresh strawberries, if desired.
HINT:For a special garnish, use a vegetable peeler to make chocolate shavings from a block of NESTLE PLAISTOWE Dark Cooking Chocolate, and sprinkle them over the mousse
Nutrition
ANALYSIS per serve | 4 | 6 |
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Energy kJ (Cal) | 1200 (287) | 800 (191) |
Carbohydrate (g) | 48 | 32 |
Protein (g) | 15 | 10 |
Fat (g) | 4 | 3 |
Calcium |
Australian Institute of Sport - From the "Survival from the Fittest" cookbook
05 Nov 2018
HINT:For a special garnish, use a vegetable peeler to make chocolate shavings from a block of NESTLE PLAISTOWE Dark Cooking Chocolate, and sprinkle them over the mousse
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