Anne Burrell's Chocolate Mousse

Total Time: 21 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 min

Ingredients

• 6 ounces semisweet chocolate
• 2 egg yolks
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons coffee liqueur
• 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
• fruit, nuts, cookies (optional) or whipped cream, for serving (optional)

Recipe

• special equipment: 4 (6 to 8-ounce) individual serving dishes
• melt the chocolate over a double boiler setup.
• while the chocolate is melting, in a large mixing bowl, combine the egg yolks and sugar and beat, with a hand-held mixer, until very pale and thick and have doubled in size. whisk in the coffee liqueur. when the chocolate has melted, whisk it into the egg yolk mixture.
• in a medium bowl, whip the heavy cream to medium peaks. using 1/3 of the whipped cream at a time, fold the cream into the chocolate mixture. repeat this process until all the cream is incorporated. transfer the mousse to individual serving dishes and chill for at least 1 hour.
• garnish with fruit, nuts, cookies or whipped cream.
• chocolaty delicious.