Mocha Mousse Recipe
(Safest Choice is pleased to feature the following guest blog post from Carolyn Ketchum. Carolyn is the writer and recipe developer behind All Day I Dream About Food, a mostly low carb, gluten free food blog.)
Chocolate mousse makes me indescribably happy. It’s been on my all-time favorite desserts list for, oh about as long as I’ve been eating dessert. What’s not to love about it? Airy, light texture that packs a rich, chocolate-y punch. And for such an elegant dessert, it’s surprisingly easy to make. The hardest part is waiting for it to set in the fridge without digging in early. I’ve made it a number of times, with different flavor variations, and I am particularly fond of adding coffee to make it a mocha mousse.
Mocha Mousse Recipe
Of course, most recipes take raw eggs, a fact which I have tried my best to ignore over the years of making and eating chocolate mousse. And most of these recipes don’t have you cook the eggs even a little bit. Both the yolks and the whites are mixed in just as they are. Since nothing is going to stop me from eating chocolate mousse, it’s great to have Safest Choice Pasteurized Shell Eggs with which to make it. I can serve it to even my littlest child without fear of making them sick. I’m not one to worry too much about these things for myself, but with my kids, it’s always a concern.
I wasn’t actually certain that my mousse made with Safest Choice Eggs would be a success. I’d tried to whip their egg whites previously and had not luck, because the pasteurization process does change the proteins in the whites somewhat. But after a little research, I discovered the trick and this time they whipped up beautifully. The trick is quite simply that you must bring the egg whites to room temperature before beating (this is actually helpful with unpasteurized egg whites as well). It worked like a charm.
And I will say, this may have been the best mousse I have ever made. The coffee was the perfect complement to offset the chocolate. It was incredibly rich, but the texture was amazingly light. My kids were over the moon to have it for dessert and have already been clamoring for me to make it again. How could I possibly say no?
To see my full Mocha Mousse recipe, which is low card and gluten-free, click here.
Mocha Mousse
Just fabulous, Carolyn! This is one of my family’s favorite desserts!!!
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Glad you enjoyed this special diet recipe!