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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> French >> French

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Place chocolate and 1/4 cup of water (or liquid of your choice) in a medium microwave-safe bowl. | 2. Melt chocolate in the microwave for 30 sec on HIGH, stir. | 3. Repeat the zapping and stirring until chocolate mixture is smooth and completely melted. | 4. Stir in brandy (or other liquor), if using and set aside. | 5. In a medium heatproof bowl, whisk eggs with the 3 TB water and sugar until well-blended. | 6. Set bowl in a skillet of barely simmering water, stirring constantly, cook egg mixture until it registers 160°F on instant-read thermometer (remove bowl from the skillet to check temp). | 7. Once the temp has been reached, remove bowl from skillet and beat with an electric mixer at high speed for at least 3-4mins, until eggs have a texture similar to softly whipped cream. | 8. Fold about 1/4 of the egg mixture into the melted chocolate. | 9. Scrape the lightened chocolate mixture into the remaining beaten eggs and fold gently, until evenly incorporated. | 10. If egg safety is not an issue, omit the heating step- whip the eggs with the sugar (omit the water, as it's added just to prevent eggs from scrambling) and proceed accordingly. | 11. Now you may divide mousse into individual ramekins or glasses, chill for at least 1 hour until set; cover with plastic wrap if you're not serving within a few hours. | 12. You may also use the mousse as a cake filling- I've done this with success, using a cake ring (or a springform pan). | 13. If you're using very high percentage chocolate (70% and above), you may want to increase sugar to 4 1/2 TB. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
chocolate	6	ounces	bittersweet semisweet chopped	98.6562	16.1082	3.5039999999999996	2.4494
milk	1/4	cup		37.21	2.9158	1.9215	1.9947
rum	1 1/2	1/2		-	-	-	-
egg	3			214.5	1.08	18.84	14.265
water	3	tablespoons		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
sugar	3	tablespoons		165.18599999999998	41.3172	0.0	0.0

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.