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Title: Mocha Mousse #1
Categories: Dessert
Yield: 4 Servings

2 tb Boiling water
1 ts Instant coffee crystals
1/4 c Suagar
2 Squares semisweet
-chocolate; coarsely chopped
2 Egg yolks; slightly beaten
1/2 ts Vanilla
2 Egg whites
1/8 ts Cream of tartar
2 tb Sugar
1/2 c Whipping cream

From: arielle@taronga.com (Stephanie da Silva)

Date: Mon, 2 Aug 93 0:01:58 CDT
In a heavy saucepan combine boiling water and instant coffee. Add the 1/4
cup sugar; cook and stir over medium heat till sugar is dissolved. Add
chocolate; stir till melted. Remove from heat.

Gradually stir hot mixture into beaten egg yolks; return all to saucepan.
Cook and stir over medium heat till thickened and bubbly; reduce heat. Cook
and stir 2 minutes more. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla. Cool
slightly, stirring occasionally.

In a small mixer bowl beat egg whites and cream of tartar till soft peaks
form. Gradually add the 2 tablespoons sugar; beat till stiff peaks form.
Fold egg whites into chocolate mixture.

In a large mixer bowl beat 1/2 cup whipping cream till soft peaks form.
Fold cream into chocolate mixture. Spoon into 3 or 4 individual dessert
dishes or a serving bowl. Cover and chill in refrigerator about 3 hours.
If desired, garnish each serving with additional unsweetened whipped cream
and chocolate curls.

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