Chocolate Mousse with Berries

6 hours Prep: 25 minutes Cook: 20 minutes

416 calories per serving view nutrition facts

8 servings suggest servings

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Ingredients


Mousse
8	ounces	chocolate (semi-sweet)	bittersweet, chopped
4	each	egg yolks	large
5	tablespoons	sugar
2	tablespoons	kirsch (cherry brandy)
1 2/3	cups	heavy whipping cream	well chilled

Garnish
2 1/2	cups	strawberries	rinsed
1	tablespoon	kirsch (cherry brandy)
2	tablespoons	sugar
1	cup	heavy whipping cream	well chilled

Directions

Mousse: Melt chocolate in medium bowl over hot water set over low heat.

Stir until smooth.

Remove from water.

Whisk egg yolks with 4 Tbsp sugar and water in a small bowl.

Set bowl in a pan of simmering water.

Heat, whisking constantly, until mixture reaches 160 degrees.

Remove from heat and immediately whip with mixer until cool.

Add chocolate all at once.

Stir until smooth.

Add Kirsch.

Whip cream with remaining 1 Tbsp sugar until stiff.

Fold into chocolate mixture.

Pour mousse in lightly oiled 5-cup ring mold.

Smooth top.

Cover; freeze at least 6 hours until set.

To unmold mousse, rinse metal spatula with very hot water, dry quickly and run spatula around rings outer edge and center.

Dip mold into tepid water to come halfway up its side for 5 seconds.

Set platter on top of mold.

Quickly invert mold and platter.

Shake gently downward.

Carefully lift up mold.

Smooth top of mousse with spatula.

Freeze 5 minutes.

Garnish: Reserve 8 whole berries.

Quarter remaining berries lengthwise; mix with kirsch and 1 Tbsp sugar.

Spoon into center of mousse.

Whip cream with 1 Tbsp sugar; spoon around dessert.

Garnish with whole berries.

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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 111g

Amount per Serving

Calories 416 77% of calories from fat

	% Daily Value*
Total Fat 36.0g	55%
Saturated Fat 22.0g	110%
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 109mg	36%
Sodium 32mg	1%
Total Carbohydrate 26.0g	9%
Dietary Fiber 1.0g	5%
Sugars 22.0g
Protein 3.0g	5%

Vitamin A	23%		Vitamin C	1%
Calcium	6%		Iron	4%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

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