Wednesday

Chocolate Mousse

My moms super easy dessert. -She emailed me a much more detailed recipe but it looks daunting so I simplified it.

1 cup of chocolate chips
4 or 5 eggs depending on size - at room temperature
1 pinch of cream of tartar (if you don't have a copper bowl) (I left this out since I had neither and it seemed to work just fine.)
Juice of orange - tablespoon or two

Melt chocolate with orange juice (in microwave for about a minute)
It has got to be whippably soft. Put aside to cool.

Separate eggs

Mix the egg yolks into the cooled chocolate mixture.

Beat the egg whites till you can't feel your arm and you deeply regret having decided to make chocolate mousse when you don't have a egg beater. They should stand up by themselves.

Fold the beaten egg white(FOLD gently as you have to leave the
bubbles as whole as you can) into chocolate a spoon at a time, till both are mixed. (Little
flecks of egg white are fine.)

Add orange zest.

Scrape into serving
container.

Mmm finger in bowl.

Chill for at least two hours. Longer if you can.

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