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Dark Chocolate Mousse (Serves 4)

Added by hoppershaun | Wed 28 Jan 2009 @ 12:03

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Ingredients
175g dark chocolate
splash of milk
1 egg yolk
4 egg whites
25g sugar
white chocolate shavings, to serve

Method
1. Break the dark chocolate into small pieces and melt in a bowl over simmering water. Pour in the milk and mix well. Remove the bowl from the heat and whisk in the egg yolk. Allow to cool.
2. In a bowl, whisk the egg whites until they form soft peaks, adding the sugar little by little as you do so.
3. Fold a quarter of the egg whites into the chocolate, and then whisk briefly. Carefully fold in the remaining egg whites.
4. Pour into 4 ramekins or serving bowls and chill for at least an hour. Serve with the whie chocolate shavings.

tried this recipe or a similar one? share your tips...

1. by CC on Sat 04 Feb 2012 @ 08:07

I found adding a splash of milk instantly solidified the melted chocolate making it difficult to incorporate the egg yolk. It stayed fairly stiff so that when I folded in egg whites the chocolate clumped and the overall consistency was gritty rather than smooth. Maybe the milk was too cold? Or something to do with the chocolate I used (Lindt dark, 85% cocoa).

2. by Lottie on Fri 09 Sep 2011 @ 11:49

is the sugar castor sugar rather than granulated?

3. by Zuky on Thu 28 Jul 2011 @ 17:33

Yummy! Took 5 mins to make and is heaven to eat. A splash of milk is exactly what it says.

4. by Daniel on Sun 13 Mar 2011 @ 05:45

Just a quick note to those so worried about the 'splash of milk' confusion, this is an integral part of cooking and what most of us love about it, try it once if it doesnt come out 100% try again with less or more milk. Trial and error makes it more enjoyable, aswell as letting you understand how your ingrediants work not just how to read a recipe.

5. by HMF on Sun 07 Nov 2010 @ 15:52

exactly how much milk is it in mls ?

6. by cd on Mon 06 Sep 2010 @ 10:42

i wanna be a chef when im older and i got heston blumenthals book, and the trouble with the book is that u cant make one recipe because u need watwer baths and dry ice so i have t otake bits of recipes and put them together. this recipe will help me because the dark choclate mouse i want to make with my desert has some strage azz ingrediants in.

7. by chocolate luver! on Sun 08 Aug 2010 @ 14:09

this s*** is goood! :)

8. by melis on Wed 28 Jul 2010 @ 20:04

If i remember corectly in one series he added one top of whisky I made it that way and it was unbelievably delicous. I say try it that way for once........................ or twice :)))))

9. by Rory on Tue 11 May 2010 @ 18:02

For anyone unsure, a splash is about 1.5-2 Fluid Ounces, as a dash is half a fluid ounce.

10. by elz on Sat 13 Mar 2010 @ 12:35

i am going to make this tonight and i am only eleven but i really hope that it goes down well!

11. by nicole on Sat 13 Feb 2010 @ 18:53

it turned out delicious im proud of myself i finally cooked something !!

12. by Kiran Tipu on Tue 10 Nov 2009 @ 11:06

Dear Jamie: I have been watchimg ur series on bbc lifestyle for a long time. I really ur recipes they are easy to make and delicious also. U r doing a great job i hope i had the opportunity to share my recipes with u.
Good Luck.

13. by Sarah on Sat 07 Nov 2009 @ 14:01

I was a bit alarmed when the milk went in as it went very odd (my splash may have been a bit big?!) But went very well in the end. YUM!

14. by Vera on Tue 01 Sep 2009 @ 10:52

What does it mean by "splash of milk", how much exactly is the quantity of milk required ?

15. by donna on Mon 09 Mar 2009 @ 09:52

I found this recipe great and very easy, I find using sainsburys or tesco dark chocolate much better than bournville as this was way too rich.

16. by Claire on Wed 04 Feb 2009 @ 03:18

This was really simple to make and went down very well indeed - the chocolate retains a bit of bite in the mousse, so you encounter chocolate chunks thorughout....yum!