Best: easy chocolate raspberry mousse
Yield: 4 Servings
Ingredients:
- 6 oz Semisweet chocolate chopped -or bittersweet
- 1/3 c Fresh raspberries packed -or thawed
- 3/4 c Whipping cream
Instructions:
Icing sugar In top of double boiler over hot (not boiling) water melt chocolate; transfer to large bowl and let cool completely. Stirring occasionally. In food processor pure raspberries; press through fine mesh sieve to make about 1/4 cup pure. Stir into cooled chocolate. In bowl whip cream; whisk one-quarter into chocolate mixture. Fold in remaining whipped cream. Lightly grease and line bottom of four 1/2-cup ramekins or custard cups or one 2-cup pt mould with parchment-paper rounds. Spoon in mousse. Cover and refrigerate for about 2 hours or until firm. [Mousse can be refrigerated for up to 2 days.] Turn mousse out onto dessert plates; remove paper and dust lightly with icing sugar. For classy presentation add a few fresh or barely thawed unsweetened berries and whipped cream mixture with yogurt or a sauce made from pured strained raspberries sweetened if you wish. Source: Canadian Living magazine Apr 95 Presented in article by Elizabeth Baird: "Only The Best" Recipe by Canadian Living Test Kitchen [-=PAM=-] PA_Meadows@msn.com
