Dark chocolate mousse with layers of gooey chocolate brownie chunks. A simple yet impressive dessert.
Ingredients
Chocolate Brownies
200g milk chocolate
175g butter
250g caster sugar
3 eggs
75g plain flour
40g cocoa powder
Dark Chocolate Mousse
6 egg whites
200g dark chocolate
2 tbsp icing sugar
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees celcius / gas 4 - Grease and line a square brownie tin with baking paper
- Place the butter and chocolate in a large bowl and melt together in the microwave - Whisk in the eggs and sugar until the mixture is well combined - Fold the flour and cocoa powder into the chocolate mixture
- Pour the brownie mixture into the cake tin and spread evenly - Bake for 30 minutes and remove (Don’t cook for any longer to keep them gooey, they will set as they cool)
- Leave the brownies to cool completely, then lift out of the tin
- In the meantime, whisk the egg whites to form stiff peaks
- Add in the icing sugar and whisk again
- Place the dark chocolate into a microwaveable bowl and melt in the microwave for 1-2 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds
- Fold the melted dark chocolate into the egg whites until it is all combined
- Spoon the dark chocolate mousse into 4 glass pots or ramekins, adding in small chunks of chocolate brownie for every spoonful
- Set in the fridge for 1-2 hours
- Serve each pot with a chunk of chocolate brownie on top and shavings of white chocolate
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