Chocolate Mousse Crepes with Grand Marnier Sauce
photo by GalicioBocharit
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Serves:
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6-10
ingredients
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Grand Marnier Sauce
- 1⁄2 cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1⁄2 cup heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon Grand Marnier
- 1 teaspoon orange zest
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Chocolate Mousse Filling
- 6 ounces bittersweet chocolate
- 1⁄4 cup sugar
- 4 egg yolks
- 6 tablespoons cream, plus
- 1 1⁄2 cups cream, whipped
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Chocolate Crepes
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 4 teaspoons sugar
- 3⁄4 cup flour
- 1⁄4 cup cocoa powder
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Garnish
- orange slice
directions
- Grand Marnier Sauce-- Mix butter and sugar heat in microwave oven on high for 1 minute.
- Add cream, Grand Marnier and orange zest.
- Heat for 2 minutes stir and heat for 1 more minute.
- Chocolate Mousse Filling-- Melt the chocolate.
- In another bowl combine sugar, yolks, and 6 tablespoons cream, and whisk well over simmering water to cooking to thicken.
- Whisk half the whipped cream into the chocolate, then fold nto the cream mixture.
- Add remaining whipped cream and fold in, then chill, until ready to use.
- For the crepe batter-- whisk the eggs well then add the milk and whisk.
- Whisk in remaining ingredients.
- Let sit 20 minutes then strain.
- Ladle small amounts (1 to 2 ounces) of crepe batter into buttered crepe pan and cook on both sides.
- Repeat until all the batter is used.
- Let the crepes cool before filling.
- To fill, place chocolate mousse in each crepe and fold it over to enclose the mousse.
- Spoon some Grand Marnier Sauce around the crepes.
- Garnish with orange sections.
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Reviews
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this was as rich & delicious as the name implied. I made two subs: I had no Grand Marnier (I know, kind of missing the point, right?) so I used 1 tsp mint extract in place of the Grand Marnier and the orange zest, to make a mint sauce. I also used whole wheat flour. I would make this again with two changes: the salt in the crepes was too much, I'd put in 1/4-1/2 tsp at the most. Also, the amount of sauce was excessive for the amount of crepes--I'd make 1/2 the amount at the most.
Tweaks
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this was as rich & delicious as the name implied. I made two subs: I had no Grand Marnier (I know, kind of missing the point, right?) so I used 1 tsp mint extract in place of the Grand Marnier and the orange zest, to make a mint sauce. I also used whole wheat flour. I would make this again with two changes: the salt in the crepes was too much, I'd put in 1/4-1/2 tsp at the most. Also, the amount of sauce was excessive for the amount of crepes--I'd make 1/2 the amount at the most.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Rita1652
Jamesburg, New Jersey