Love,Cook and Eat

Never thought making chocolate mousse is that easy. I always had it in restaurants but never tried it at home. I got encouraged to do it because recently I  bought a stand up mixer and now I'm up to try any recipe even if requires  a lot of whipping which I avoided before.I substituted some of the chocolate in this with Nutella but you can stick with only chocolate.


Ingredients:

2 ounces semi sweet chocolate ( cut into small pieces)
2 ounces Nutella about 1/4 cup or (2 ounces of semi sweet chocolate)
2 large eggs separated
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup whipping cream
1/8 tsp cream of tartar
2tbs butter
2tbs sugar

Directions:

In a stainless steel bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water, melt the chocolate and butter. Remove from heat and set aside to cool for a few minutes. Then whisk in the two egg yolks. Refrigerate while you whip the egg whites and whipping cream.
In the bowl of your electric mixer (or with a hand mixer), whip the two egg whites with the cream of tartar until foamy. Gradually add  1tbs sugar and continue to beat until stiff peaks form.

In another bowl, whip the heavy cream, remaining one tablespoon sugar, and vanilla extract until soft peaks form.

Remove the chocolate mixture from the refrigerator, and stir a couple of spoonfuls of the beaten egg whites into the chocolate mixture to lighten it, and then fold the remaining whites into the chocolate mixture, gently but thoroughly. Fold in the whipped cream.

Spoon the chocolate mousse into six individual serving dishes or glasses. Cover and refrigerate for a couple of hours.