Salted butter caramel chocolate mousse -6/14/14
I always like the combination of caramel, chocolate, and a hint of salt. This mousse is really easy to make and once you have a bite of this mousse you will fall completely in love with it. The mousse is so delicious that I could not stop eating it! I sprinkled the top of the mousse with Maldon's fragile flaky sea salt crystals.
Close look at the mousse with Maldon's sea salt.
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Preparation work..
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Yield 6 servings to 8 servings Ingredients: 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1 tablespoon water 3 tablespoons salted butter, cubed 3/4 cu heavy cream 6 ounces bittersweet chocolate 4 large eggs, separated 1/4 teaspoons Maldon's sea salt |
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Pour the sugar and water in the bottom of a saucepan. Heat the sugar over medium heat. |
watch carefully as the sugar will darken. |
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When the caramel is a deep amber color and start to smoke, wait a moment for it to small just lightly burnt, then remove it from the heat. |
Quickly add the butter and whisk. |
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Keep stirring until the butter is melted. |
Gradually whisk in the cream... |
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and stir until the little bits or caramel are completely melted. A few can be stubborn so be patient. You can strain the mixture if they simply refuse to budge. |
Once smooth add the chocolate. |
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Stirring gently until it's melted and smooth.
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Scrape the mixture into a large bowl and let it cool to room temperature. Once it is no longer warm, whisk in the egg yolks.
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In a separate bowl, whip the egg whites until stiff.
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Fold one third of the whipped whites into the chocolate mixture. |
Fold the remaining beaten eggs whites.. |
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Fold just until no streaks or white remains. |
Divide the mousse into serving glasses |
Chill for a least 8 hours before serving.
Filed as: Chocolate
