Chocolate mousse with mint

with a chocolate mousse.

Preparation Time: 5 Mins

Cooking Time: 10 Mins

Total Time: 1 Hr

Ingredients

For 4 servings…

100 gms         Chocolate  - 70%        

3 tbs             Coffee  - black

1 tbs             Kirsch         

1 tsp             Mint  - chopped very finely        

4                  Eggs  - separated       

For decoration

4 leaves          Mint           

Method

Melt the chocolate with the coffee and the kirsch in a pan over low heat, stirring gently until the mixture is smooth.  Remove from the heat and mix in the chopped mint and the egg yolks - one at a time.  Let this mixture cool a bit.

Whisk the egg whites until stiff.  Gradually fold the chocolate mixture into the egg whites.

Spoon the mousse into 4 small dishes and leave in a fridge place to set.

Just before serving, decorate each mousse with the extra mint leaves.

Wine recommendations

          Generally, a sweet white wine.

  Conventional

           Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise

  Interesting

           Malmsey Madeira

           Monbazillac

           Rasteau Rancio

  Special

           Floc de Gascogne rosé

  Adventurous

           Pedro Ximénez Sherry