Milk chocolate & Cointreau mousses

Milk chocolate & Cointreau mousses

Do something special with your tipple to create these moreish chocolate mousses

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 30 mins

plus chilling

Method

  1. Gently melt the chocolate in the microwave or a bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water then cool slightly.
  2. Beat together the egg yolks and Cointreau and gently mix into the melted chocolate. Whisk the egg whites to firm peaks and carefully fold them through the chocolate mixture. Spoon into 4 glasses and chill.
  3. To make the candied orange, dissolve the sugar in 2 tbsp water and boil for 2 minutes. Drop in the orange zest and cook for a couple of minutes, then remove, drain and leave to cool on baking paper. Spoon some cream on top of the mousse and top with the candied orange.

Per serving

317 kcalories, protein 8.6g, carbohydrate 31g, fat 16.6 g, saturated fat 8.2g, fibre 0.38g, salt 0.24 g

Recipe from olive magazine, April 2005.

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  • 22 December 2007

    Lynsey rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Extremly easy to make, very tasty.

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  • 04 January 2008

    Pauline rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I found this mousse light & very easy to make. will certainly make again.

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  • 18 February 2008

    marie1711 commented on this recipe

    My other half made this for me for Valentines day - it was absolutely delicious, and not very difficult!

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  • 18 February 2008

    Jules commented on this recipe

    I made this for Valentines but didn't have any cointreau so I used orange liquer which worked just as well - yummy!

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    22 February 2008

    Ang rated and commented on this recipe

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    Tasty - and so fast! Recipe makes 4 good-sized servings, so could easily make a dainty dessert for 5 or 6.

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  • 11 January 2009

    Belkey rated this recipe

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  • 11 February 2009

    Zoe commented on this recipe

    Made this for a small dinner party, i made it twice beacause the first time i added 2tbsp of cointreau instead of 2 tsp, which in made the choclate mixture rather lumpy but i carried on anyway& put them in the fridge. I then made them again (2tsp this time) & it was smooth & topped it with whippped cream & used a potato peeler on the chocolate to make little curls. We all loved it sooo much we ate the lumpy ones too which were also lovely & the lumps tasted like choc drops.

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  • 11 February 2009

    Zoe rated this recipe

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  • 29 August 2009

    Suzanne Jefford commented on this recipe

    Absolutely delicious, but next time would add one or two more tsps of Cointreau as it wasn't particularly orangey.

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  • 12 October 2009

    Rhiannon rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I made this for a dinner party and didn't think there was very much per serving, however, it was quite rich for a mousse so it worked out very well. Very tasty. Not convinced about the candied orange though. Will certainly be making again, it's so easy and ready prepared in the fridge for just last minute additions (i.e. cream on top) before serving!

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  • 18 October 2009

    Fiona commented on this recipe

    This was disappointing as it doesnt tell you how long to chill for, mine was still runny so for new cooks it would be useful to know how long to chill. Especially bad as I had people round and it was a bit embarrasing. Bit too sweet and not much orange taste. Other recipes from this site have been fine tho.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 30 mins

plus chilling

Ingredients

  • 150g milk chocolate (Green & Blacks with 34% cocoa solids is good)
  • 3 eggs , separated
  • 2 tsp Cointreau

CANDIED ORANGE ZEST

  • 2 tsp golden caster sugar
  • 2 oranges , zested into long thin strips
  • whipped cream , to serve
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Per serving

317 kcalories, protein 8.6g, carbohydrate 31g, fat 16.6 g, saturated fat 8.2g, fibre 0.38g, salt 0.24 g

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