Easiest Ever Chocolate Mousse With Lemon Cream

photo by I'mPat


- Ready In:
- 6mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 1 cup bittersweet chocolate chips (or semisweet)
- 3⁄4 cup water
- 3 tablespoons sugar, divided
- 1⁄4 teaspoon instant espresso powder or 1/4 teaspoon instant coffee
- 3 large egg whites
- 1⁄3 cup chilled whipping cream
- 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
- 1⁄2 teaspoon grated lemon peel
directions
- Place chocolate in blender.
- Bring 3/4 cup water, 2 tablespoons sugar, and espresso powder to simmer in medium saucepan, stirring to dissolve sugar.
- Pour over chocolate.
- Cover tightly; blend 5 seconds.
- Add egg whites.
- Cover tightly; blend on high 1 minute.
- Pour into 4 small bowls.
- Chill until firm, about 2 hours.
- Whisk cream, lemon juice, peel, and 1 tablespoon sugar in small bowl to very soft peaks.
- Spoon over mousse; serve.
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Reviews
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Boy this one is hard for me to rate; I'm sure I must have done something really wrong though I think I followed the recipe??? This never did firm up for me, more like a chocolate drink. The flavor was good & the lemon cream topping to die for - but the Mousse just did not work and I left it in the fridge over night thinking it just needed a little more time. I couldn't even post the photo as it looked so bad, but I will try this again to see what I did wrong & come back to update this. Made for Rookie Recipe Tag game Fall 2013
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Sorry this did not work for us at all, I made as per recipe but after 5 hours it had not set and was just liquid so I dissolved 2 teaspoons of gelatine in hot water and whisked through and after 3 hours it had firmed up a little but was still on the liquid side and as I didn't have a lemon I topped with vanilla laced whipped cream and a sprinkle of chocolate flake and a spliced strawberry. Considering the other reviewers obviously had no problem I am assuming that I have erred or something about my ingredients caused a problem. Thank you Annacia, made for Rookie tag game.