From “Valrhona Ecole du Grand Chocolat”
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients
250g bittersweet chocolate
100g heavy cream
40g sugar
2 egg yolks
Melt chocolate. Set aside.
Bring heavy cream to a boil. Pour into melted chocolate.
Beat egg whites to stiff peaks. Add sugar and continue beating for one minute.
Whisk egg yolks into chocolate.
Fold egg whites into chocolate.
Pour into serving dishes and chill for at least two hours.
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If you read any mousse recipe, you’ll find egg whites in the ingredient list, along with the instructions to “beat the egg whites to stiff peaks”. What you may not realize is that this is the same technique used to make meringue. In essence, a mousse IS meringue.
Here is a video showing how to make meringue.
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