Cuisine with Jolanta – Chocolate mousse with chocolate dirt

Serves 12

INGREDIENTS:

for the mousse

300 g dark chocolate

50 g butter

3 eggs separated

55 g sugar

300 ml cream

for the dirt

125 g sugar

125 g almond flour

75 g flour

50 g cocoa powder 

60 g butter

PREPARATIONS:

• Combine chocolate and butter in a small saucepan, stir over low heat until melted and smooth. Remove from heat, stir in egg yolks, one at a time, transfer mixture to large bowl. 

• Whip the cream to soft peak. 

• Whisk egg white until soft peaks form, add sugar and whisk until sugar dissolves.

• Fold in cream into chocolate mixture then fold in egg white mixture in two batches.

• Divide between 12 cups. Refrigerate for 2 hours until set. 

• Preheat oven to 150C. Line a baking tray with baking paper.

• Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl.

• Add melted butter into dry ingredients.

• Mix thoroughly until it represent ‘soil’- like look

• Bake for 10-15 minutes

• Cool before dividing into cups with the mousse.