Thursday, November 13, 2008

Jonathan's Favorite Mousse

Ingredients:

240 g of chocolate (about 8.5 oz)
4 eggs

Equipment:

2 Mixing bowls
Electric beater
Thick-bottom pot or double boiler
soft spatula

Directions:

1) Put the chocolate in the pot (or double boiler) with two tablespoons of water, and melt it over very low heat (gas mark 2, 150*C, 300*F). Stir gently.
2) Separate the eggs, keeping the yolks in the larger bowl if you have two sizes, and the whites in another. Beat the whites at least 3 minutes on medium. Let the chocolate cool while you do this.
3) Mix the chocolate into the yolks.
4) Little by little, mix the whites into the chocolate/yolk mixture. Use a spatula for this step. Put it in the fridge till you are ready to serve.

How to use it as baby food: You can't. It has raw eggs and chocolate in it, and you didn't save the yolks to cook for your baby. It will give him hives at best and salmonella at worst. Also, if you are breastfeeding it would be wise to eat this when you are several hours away from your next feeding, so if you get salmonella you will know and your baby won't get food poisoning from you.

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