From Julia · 2022-2023 · Reconstructed
Chocolate Mousse
Serve when
Serve chilled, the moment a spoon dipped in comes out clean with a soft, barely-set wobble.
In the series
Season 2
- S2E4 · ~00:24:00 Back in Boston and facing a disheartened WGBH crew, Julia films a chocolate mousse episode of The French Chef not long before an unexpected visit from the FBI
In the series
Chocolate mousse is a comfort dish, and the episode lands right where the show needs one — a demoralized crew, a network suddenly less certain of its own show, and a recipe simple and rich enough to remind everyone why they started making it in the first place.
Ingredients
Method
- Melt the chocolate over a double boiler until smooth, then stir in the rum or coffee and let it cool slightly.
- Whisk the egg yolks with the sugar until pale, then stir in the melted chocolate.
- Whip the cream to soft peaks and fold it into the chocolate base.
- Whip the egg whites with the salt to stiff peaks, then fold them in gently in two additions to keep the mousse light.
- Divide among small cups or ramekins and chill for at least 4 hours, until set but still soft.
- Serve with a spoonful of unsweetened whipped cream.
Substitutions
- Raw egg whites: if you're serving anyone who shouldn't eat raw egg, use pasteurized egg whites, sold specifically for this purpose.