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3/24/2014

Trial and Error







Usually, I am not very good making dessert, believe me. Consciously or unconsciously, I don’t know, I ruined it. For example, if the recipe requires four egg yolks, I use two whole eggs, logical in my view. Naturally goes wrong and I conclude by saying to myself “I’m no good at this thing”.  The next day I get over it and get back in the kitchen. 

I know the principal idea was to do mom’s recipe, but sometimes I like to experiment. Today I really want to make something with chocolate, but I didn´t know what to do. I found the solution, Hervé This’ Chocolate Mousse. Amazing how easy it is, use water and chocolate only. Really blows my mind.  

With this recipe, you thought that the most important is chocolate, I agree, but a whisk is the key, I think. It’s not so obvious. I try with an electric mixer, doesn’t work, the texture becomes grainy, I don’t like it. 
I love to see the mixture thickens before my eyes. It’s exciting. I am crazy about simplicity and this is so simple!


It is important choose a high quality chocolate. Unfortunately, I didn’t follow this friendly advice. So I got a mousse with a good texture like I wanted it, but without chocolate’s exquisite taste.


Here we go!

Chop the chocolate. Pour chocolate and water in a saucepan. Stirring with a wire whisk until chocolate is melted. Put the saucepan into a bowl filled with ice cubes, and then whisk again. Continue until desired consistency.

Done!
 

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