Chocolate Chilli Mousse Recipes

AMAZING CHILI CHOCOLATE MOUSSE

Steps:

• Melt chocolate, butter and 2tbsp water in a double-boiler. (I actually did this in a metal bowl over lightly simmering pan of water). Make sure the water isn't boiling hard - chocolate melts remarkably quickly and you don't want to rush this process or you'll lose the shiny texture. While melting it, continuously stir the chocolate.
• Again, in a double-boiler, whisk the egg yolks and sugar. The eggs should get cooked just a tad. 2-3 minutes, maybe. Again, don't let the water get too hot. Make sure you don't scramble the eggs.
• Add the egg mixture to the chocolate mixture and allow to cool slightly below room temperature (You can achieve this by setting it on top of a bowl of ice for a few minutes).
• Whip the heavy cream so that you get soft peaks. Basically, you want the peaks to stay, but not too sharply (otherwise the texture isn't as "sexy").
• Add ground chipotle and salt to the chocolate/egg mixture and fold in the whipped cream.
• Fill into ramekins or similar container.
• Chill overnight or at least 3-4 hours.

CHOCOLATE CHILLI MOUSSE

Steps:

• Melt chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a pan of boiling water. Set aside to cool but not set.
• Beat the egg yolks and sugar until pale and thick.
• Whisk egg whites in a nother bowl until stiif .
• Using a metal spoon fold the melted choclate into the egg yolks.
• Add most of the crushed pistachios, chilli and alcohol to the mixture and mix well.
• Fold in the whipped cream.
• Gently fold in the egg whites.
• Pour into a dish, cover with clingfilm and chill for at least 3 hours or until set.
• Sprinkle remainder of pistachios over the mousse just before serving.

CHEF JOHN'S DARK CHOCOLATE MOUSSE

Steps:

• Bring a saucepan of water to a simmer over low heat. Place chocolate, butter, 2 tablespoons water, ground chipotle pepper, and salt in a heatproof bowl; set bowl over the simmering water. When the butter melts, whisk the chocolate mixture gently until smooth and shiny. Set aside to cool for a few minutes.
• Whisk egg yolks, 2 tablespoons water, and sugar in another heatproof bowl over the same pan of simmering water until egg yolk mixture is foamy and hot to the touch, about 3 minutes. Pour hot egg mixture into warm chocolate mixture, whisk until smooth, and set over a bowl of ice to chill. Whisk constantly until mixture has cooled to room temperature or slightly cooler.
• Pour 1/2 cup and 1 tablespoon cold cream into a chilled metal bowl; whisk until cream holds soft peaks. Place about half the whipped cream into the cooled chocolate mixture; gently fold the cream into the chocolate. Repeat with remaining half of whipped cream, folding gently until nearly all the streaks have disappeared. Divide mousse into 4 6-ounce ramekins.
• Cover each ramekin with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 4 hours (up to overnight) before serving.