Mint Chocolate Mousse With Booze Soaked Cherries
- FOR THE CHERRIES:
- 1/2 cups Grand Marnier
- 100 grams Pitted Cherries
- FOR THE MINT CHOCOLATE MOUSSE:
- 250 milliliters Cream
- 110 grams Chocolate
- 10 grams Butter
- 2 whole Eggs
- 20 milliliters Grand Marnier
- 40 grams Sugar
- 30 grams Pistachios, Crushed, For Garnish
- For the cherries:
- Add Grand Marnier and cherries to a jam jar or something similar. Refrigerate until needed.
- For the mousse:
- Whisk cream in a large bowl until soft peaks (cream is thick enough to hold its shape but is still soft and smooth).
- Fill a saucepot a quarter of the way up with water, then bring to a very gentle simmer (this is called a water bath or "bain marie" in French). Add chocolate and butter to a large heat-proof bowl, then place the bowl over the water bath and stir chocolate as it melts. As soon as chocolate has melted, take bowl off heat and set aside.
- Get another heat-proof bowl and put eggs, Grand Marnier and sugar into it. Put over water bath and whisk away. Once mixture starts to foam and thicken a bit, take bowl off the water bath and keep whisking egg mixture as the bowl cools down. The mixture will become pale and thick.
- Gently fold melted chocolate through the sabayon (souffled egg mixture). Add half of whipped cream and gently fold through, then do the same with remaining half.
- Get something that you can serve this mousse in, such as dessert glasses or ramekins. Fill to the top with chocolate mousse, then set in the fridge for at least 1 hour. Once mousse is set, top with soaked cherries and a sprinkle of crushed pistachios. Enjoy!
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Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/desserts/mint-chocolate-mousse-with-booze-soaked-cherries/ (may not work)