Friday, March 30, 2012

Double Chocolate Mousse With Strawberry Sauce


Two types of chocolates in one lovely mousse and strawberry sauce giving it a beautiful look.

Ingredients
For Dark Chocolate Mousse
½ cup roughly chopped dark chocolate
2 tbsp milk
½ tbsp powder sugar
¾ cup whipped cream
2 drops vanilla essence
1 tsp honey

For White Chocolate Mousse
½ cup roughly chopped white chocolate
2 tbsp milk
½ tbsp powder sugar
¾ cup whipped cream
2 drops vanilla essence
2 drops lemon juice

For Strawberry Sauce
½ cup mashed strawberries
4 tsp sugar
½ tsp lemon juice
½ tsp cornflour

Method
For Dark Chocolate Mousse
Melt dark chocolate & milk on double boiler, making sure that no lumps remain. Cool & keep aside
Combine whipped cream & sugar in a bowl & keep aside.
Add chocolate milk mixture to whipped cream & fold gently.
Add vanilla essence & honey & fold gently. Keep aside.

For White Chocolate Mousse
Melt white chocolate & milk on double boiler, making sure that no lumps remain. Cool & keep aside
Combine whipped cream & sugar in a bowl & keep aside.
Add chocolate milk mixture to whipped cream & fold gently.
Add vanilla essence & lemon juice & fold gently. Keep aside.

For Strawberry Sauce
Combine all the ingredients with ½ cup of water in a deep non stick pan & cook for 4 to 5 minutes, while stirring continuously.
Remove from fire & keep aside to cool completely.

How to proceed
Take 4 deep bowls or long glasses.
Take two piping bags and pour chocolate mousses in each bag. Cut the tip to make a hole.
Take dark chocolate mousse bag n pipe the mousse in the bowl.
Carefully pipe the white chocolate mousse over the dark chocolate mousse layer.
Pour the cooled strawberry sauce over the white chocolate mousse layer.
Repeat in to make 3 more glasses.
Refrigerate for 3 hrs or till the mousse sets.
Serve chilled, decorated with silver balls & chocolate chips.

Tips
Fresh strawberry sauce tastes better, but when the fruit is not in season you can use strawberry crush; however, omit the sugar in that case to avoid over sweetness.
You can also use chocolate sauce instead of strawberry sauce.


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