Chocolate Mousse with Orangettes

 

This is a very easy dessert. I needed something fast for the Sunday and voila....a decadent chocolate mousse!

There is nothing more sublime that the taste of a chocolate mousse. I love the silkiness and bitterness of the chocolate in combination with candied orange peel.

Chocolate Mousse (3 big glasses)

200 g Whole milk

3  Egg yolks

120 g Sugar more or less depending on your taste

30 g cocoa/chocolate powder 

400 g 35% cream chilled

6 g Gelatin leaves

70 grams chopped candied orange peel plus some whole for decorating

Place the gelatin leaves in cold water. Set aside.

Mix the milk and sugar. Warm it up, and add the egg yolks. Coot it until it thickens. Add the gelatin leaves previously strained. Add the chocolate powder, and mix it well. Let it cool until it reaches 37C.

Whip the cream, and fold it with the cocoa/chocolate custard when it has reached 37C or less. Distribute it in glasses, and in between place some chopped candied orange peel. Decorate it with a whole candied orange peel. Place it in the fridge for at least 12 hours. ENJOY!