Easy Steps To Make Chocolate Mousse At Home

By Rittwik Naskar

Made with chocolate, cream, sugar, butter, and eggs, this light, airy dessert has a decadent mouthfeel. Here's how to make it at home.

All you need is 3 eggs, 125g unsweetened dark chocolate, 10g butter, 1/2 cup cream, and 3 tbsp sugar.

Separate the eggs into yolks and whites.

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Beat egg whites and sugar until it forms soft peaks. Set aside.

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Set up a boiler and melt the chocolate over gentle heat.

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Whip the full fat cream and separately, the egg yolks.

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With a spatula, fold together the cream and egg yolks.

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Fold in the melted chocolate to the yolk and cream mixture.

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Gently fold the egg whites into the mixture. Make sure the air incorporated during whisking doesn't get deflated.

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Spoon into buttered ramekins, and chill in the refrigerator until firm and spoonable.

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