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The Best Chocolate Mousse


Title: The Best Chocolate Mousse
Categories: Desserts, Chocolate
Yield: 6 Servings

8 oz Box Semi-Sweet Chocolate
3 1/2 tb Butter
3 Eggs; separated
1/4 c Kahlua (coffee liqueur)
1 ts Instant coffee
1 ts Hot water
1/4 c Sugar
2 1/2 c Whipping cream
1/4 c Raw pistacchio nuts; chopped
3 tb Grand Marnier

Melt chocolate and butter over low, low heat. Cool chocolate mixture. Beat
egg yolks. Add Kahlua and instant coffee dissolved in hot water Beat egg
whites until stiff, gradually adding sugar.

Fold beaten egg whites into chocolate mixture until all white specks
disappear.

Whip cream until stiff. Fold completely into above mixture, reserving 1/4 C
for garnish.

Chill 1 hour, garnish w/remaining cream and nuts. Sprinkle with Grand
Marnier.

Shared by Sonya Whitaker

From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini