Frozen Milky Way Mousse With Bittersweet Chocolate Sauce Recipes

BITTERSWEET CHOCOLATE SAUCE

Steps:

• Place double boiler (or a makeshift version) over medium heat and bring water to a simmer. Put sugar, cream, chocolate and butter in top part of double boiler. Let simmer, without stirring, for about 15 minutes, until cream is hot, sugar is dissolved and chocolate has completely melted.
• Add Grand Marnier and whisk until glossy and smooth, about 1 minute. Remove from heat and keep warm. Sauce may be refrigerated for later use, but cool completely first, then reheat in a double boiler.

BITTERSWEET CHOCOLATE MOUSSE WITH FLEUR DE SEL

Steps:

• Create an ice bath in a large bowl using ice and a little cold water. Nestle a smaller bowl in ice bath.
• Place chocolate and 1 cup water in a small pot and heat over medium. Whisk until mixture is melted and smooth, about 3 to 5 minutes.
• Immediately pour melted chocolate into the bowl in the ice bath. Vigorously whisk chocolate mixture by hand until thick, 3 to 5 minutes. The chocolate should be fluffy and form a mound when dolloped with the whisk (it should generally have the texture and appearance of mousse). If the mixture does not thicken, add a bit more chopped chocolate and remelt over the heat. Spoon into serving bowls and garnish with fleur de sel.

BITTERSWEET CHOCOLATE MOUSSE

Steps:

• Finely chop chocolate; reserve. In a double boiler, whisk yolks, sugar, and salt until sugar has dissolved and mixture is warm to the touch, 2 to 3 minutes. Off heat, quickly whisk in chopped chocolate until melted and cocoa until smooth (mixture will be thick). Cool to room temperature.
• In a medium bowl, whip cream until soft peaks form. Whisk half of whipped cream into room-temperature chocolate mixture. Gently fold in remaining whipped cream with a rubber spatula. Divide mousse among four serving dishes. Chill at least 2 hours and up to 1 day.
• Remove mousse from refrigerator 15 minutes before serving. Garnish with shaved chocolate.

FROZEN BRANDY MOUSSE WITH CHOCOLATE SAUCE

Steps:

• Whisk yolks, sugar and 1/4 cup water in medium metal bowl to blend. Set bowl over saucepan of simmering water (do not let bowl touch water). Whisk until mixture registers 170°F on candy thermometer, about 4 minutes. Remove bowl from over water. Using electric mixer, beat mixture until cool and thick, about 6 minutes.
• Using mixer fitted with clean dry beaters, beat cream, brandy, vanilla and nutmeg in large bowl until stiff peaks form. Fold cream mixture into yolk mixture.
• Spoon mousse into 13 x 9 x 2-inch glass baking dish. Cover mousse and freeze until firm, at least 6 hours or overnight.
• Bring half and half to simmer in medium saucepan. Remove from heat. Add chocolate; whisk until smooth. (Mousse and sauce can be made 3 days ahead. Keep mousse frozen. Cover sauce and chill; rewarm over low heat.)
• Scoop mousse into parfait glasses. Spoon sauce over and serve.

FROZEN MILKY WAY MOUSSE

Steps:

• Chop candy bars, yielding about 1 1/3 cups. Combine with 1/2 cup of
• the cream and chocolate chips in a large bowl over a pot of simmering
• water. Stir occasionally until mixture is melted and combined. Set bowl
• aside to cool.
• In another bowl combine vanilla extract with remaining 2 cups of
• cream; beat until stiff peaks form.
• Fold cream into chocolate mixture then pour 1/2 of mixture into a 1
• 1/2-quart freezer-proof bowl.
• Coarsely chop more candy bars, yielding about 1/3 cup. Sprinkle over
• mousse. Top with remaining mousse. Freeze until firm, 6 hours or
• overnight.
• Thaw slightly at room temperature before serving, about 10 minutes.
• Chop remaining candy bars, yielding about 1/3 cup. Garnish with whipped
• cream and chopped candy.

FROZEN MILKY WAY MOUSSE WITH BITTERSWEET CHOCOLATE SAUCE

Steps:

• For Sauce: Combine whipping cream, sugar, unsweetened cocoa powder and unsalted butter in heavy medium sauce-pan. Bring to simmer over medium-low heat, whisking constantly until butter melts and sugar and cocoa dissolve. Remove from heat and whisk in vanilla extract and instant coffee powder. Cool sauce. (can be prepared 1 week ahead. Cover and refrigerate.) For mousse: Line 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pan with parchment paper. Combine Milky Way pieces, semisweet chocolate and unsalted butter in large heatproof bowl set over pan of simmering water. Stir constantly until melted (mixture will look grainy). Remove bowl from over water and cool mixture slightly. Combine sugar and water in heavy small saucepan. Stir over low heat until sugar dissolves. Increase heat to high and boil syrup until temperature reaches 230 degrees on candy thermometer. Meanwhile, beat egg whites and cream of tartar to soft peaks in bolw. Gradually pour boiling syrup into egg whites, beating until stiff peaks form and whites are cool, about 5 minutes. Using rubber spatula, fold whites into chocolate mixture in 2 additions. Spoon mousse into prepared pan. Cover with plastic wrap and freeze until firm, at least 6 hours. (Can be prepared 1 week ahead. Keep frozen.) Heat sauce to lukewarm over low heat. Remove plastic wrap from top of mousse. Invert mousse onto platter. Remove pan and peel off parchment paper. Slice mousse crosswise into 12 slices. Cut each slice diagonally into 2 triangles. For each serving, arrange 2 mousse triangles on plate; spoon warm chocolate sauce over and around mousse and serve.