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    by [Archana Potdar] · This post may contain affiliate links · 27 Comments

    Mousse~ A Blog Hop Week 21

    For Blog Hop Wednesday Radhika paired me with Ruchira Hoon Phillip I was delighted as I was paired with someone I admired. Ruchira blogs at
    Cookaroo
    and she is amazing. If cooking is a passion then Ruchira is passion
    personified!
    If you don’t believe me just
    check her recent posts where she has made a Flowerpot Cake, complete with the
    fondant flowers. The amount of patience she has to make these beautiful flowers
    and not to mention the research and the preparations (for one I hate the
    collecting of all the ingredients especially when I have to pick up things from
    two different parts of the city, thank Goa Panaji is a small place, but I still
    hate it). Then she has these Nutella Cake, brownies. These are just few
    examples there are many more. Do go through her place.
    As I went through the blog I
    remembered a delicious mousse that I had seen and wanted to make for some time
    now but kept postponing.
    What better time than now
    and what better than chocolate.
    Ruchira’s recipe serves 3 so
    I doubled her recipe.
    I started by measuring out
    double the semi sweet chocolate, as the Supermarket has run out of my brand of
    Dark Chocolate and then opened the new packet of white chocolate.
     Can you imagine my shock to see no white
    chocolate inside?
     Then I read the cover and saw that it was milk
    compound and I assumed that white chocolate and milk compound is same. How I
    can make the same mistake again and again I do not know but there is some
    wiring problem in my brains I am sure.
    Then I consoled myself as
    younger kid and I do not enjoy white chocolate that’s fine. Will have a shade
    darker mousse it will not black and white mousse but brown and light brown
    mousse.
    Then as I was whipping the cream my elder
    daughter, Apeksha requested me not to make it just chocolate layers but to add
    a layer or whipped cream. So I ended up with 9 servings of mousse. 3 small and
    6 big, small for the dieters and rest for us to hell with diet(ers).
    Like most sweets in my house
    I expected there will not be many takers therein lay my mistake. Apparently the
    mousse was better than the local bakery; (“much much better” were the exact
    words! That is high praise from my 18 year old) and the mousse was much
    appreciated.
    I am glad I took the
    pictures when I did for if I waited to setup my stage alias washing machine for
    my pictures …  I would have just post the
    recipe sans the pictures… for the pictures had to be taken today and by the
    time I came back from work there were empty glasses to greet me.
    For the original Black and
    White Mousse please click here.

    Since I have managed to change the whole black and white to brown and tan I will dare not call this Mousse anything other than
    Mousse
    Serves 6

    Ingredients:

    For the Dark Chocolate Mousse

    140 grams chocolate chopped
    200 ml whipping cream
    2 egg whites
    2 tblsp Irish coffee liqueur (optional)

    For the Light Brown Chocolate-Coffee
    Mousse

    140 grams white chocolate chopped
    200 ml whipping cream
    2 egg whites
    2 teaspoon coffee + 2 teaspoon water to make the decoction
    1 tblsp   Irish coffee liqueur (optional)

    Garnish

    The whipped cream
    Chocolate shards
    Cocoa powder

    Method:

    For the Dark Chocolate
    Mousse:

    1.
    Melt the dark
    chocolate in a bowl in the microwave, in short 30 second spurts. Once it melts
    set aside.
    2.
    Whip the cream
    into soft peaks and fold into the chocolate. Add the liqueur to it if using.
    3.
    Whisk the egg
    white until it makes firm peaks and add to the chocolate mixture.
    4.
    Cover and let it set in the refrigerator for 30
    minutes.

    For The Light Brown Chocolate
    and Coffee Mousse:

    1.
    Melt the white
    chocolate in a bowl in the microwave, in short 30 second spurts. Once it melts
    set aside.
    2.
    Whip the cream
    into soft peaks and fold into the chocolate. Add the liqueur if using and
    coffee decoction to it.
    3.
    Whisk the egg
    white until it makes firm peaks and add to the chocolate mixture.
    4.
    Let it set in
    the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

    To assemble:

    1.
    Spoon the darker chocolate first as it is heavier (I
    did not know this Thanks Ruchira). After filling it to the desired height
    gently bang the glass against the kitchen platform to get rid of any air
    bubbles, better still to stop your help who is enjoying herself and giggling
    away each time she is knocking the glass against  the platform try knocking against your palms.
    (Next time Archana do it when the kid is out atleast you will be saner).
    2.
    The lighter chocolate
    mousse will always be lighter than the dark chocolate, because of the high
    cocoa butter content – so lay it on top.
    3.
    Finally add the whipped cream. As I had no more
    patience it was just spooned in all the thoughts of piping it went out of the
    door.
    4.
    Top with some
    cocoa powder or chocolate shavings.
    5.
    Let it set for
    2 hours minimum.
    Thanks Ridhika
    inspite of all my usual complaints I enjoyed making this delicious Mousse. As I
    said the high praise I got from my daughter Apeksha had me soaring in the skies!!
    Thanks Ruchira I definitely enjoy your posts and it was a pleasure!

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    2. Wow Sowmya That was fast. Thanks.

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    3. 2 ladies that I like are paired with each other :)) lovely post and mouthwatering dish!

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    4. wow so inviting ..nice clicks.

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    5. Omg, i want grab that glass of goodness and relishing rite now;yummmm..

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    7. YUMMY..Love it..

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    8. Looks totally yum

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    11. It sure is a bit of heaven for choco lovers! Very lovely!

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    12. looking heavenly

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    13. never tried this kind of a mousse so far, this looks super delicious Archana!

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    14. never tried making mousse with eggs. this looks so pillowy and airy. should give this recipe a try soon.

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    15. Delicious one...Came to know you thru SNC challenge...HAppy to follow you...Will be glad if you follow back...

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    16. yummness

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    17. that looks soooper good & tasty

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    18. Arre! Looks awesome! Am glad your kids enjoyed it. And if you still have leftovers send some to me 🙂

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    19. Irresistible mousse dear! Spoon licking good! 🙂

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    20. Wow..this looks so gulp able!!! Love the layers!!!

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    21. Looks divine!

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    22. Looks divine!!

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    23. Vary nic pic and dishes. Happy to have you in my dashboard.

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    25. wow Archana..Absolutely sinful & delightful!!!! Bookmarked & cant wait to give this a try 🙂
      Prathima Rao
      Prats Corner

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