recipes@decwrl.UUCP (01/02/87)
Copyright (C) 1987 USENET Community Trust Permission to copy without fee all or part of this material is granted provided that the copies are not made or distributed for direct commercial advantage, the USENET copyright notice and the title of the newsgroup and its date appear, and notice is given that copying is by permission of the USENET Community Trust or the original contributor. .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