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Chocolate cream with a crunch, irish coffee mousse

This is a chocolate cream with chopped candied grapefruit peel and caramelized nuts added to give bit of crunch. The small pot of cream is topped with an Irish coffee mousse (flavours of coffee, fresh cream, sugar and whisky).

254 K 1× 4.1/5 (10 reviews)

60 min.

Easy

5.90 €

18 people

12 Ingredients

Last modified on: March 11^th 2011

For 18 people, you will need:

1 3 cups + 3 tablespoons dark chocolate
2 3 cups + 3 tablespoons whole milk
3 3 cups + 3 tablespoons cream
4 2 vanilla pod
5 9 egg yolks
6 ²⁄₃ cup caster sugar
7 ²⁄₃ cup Candied grapefruit peel
8 ²⁄₃ cup Sugar syrup
9 ²⁄₃ cup cold coffee
10 1 ²⁄₃ cup liquid cream
11 ¹⁄₃ cup whisky
12 1 ¹⁄₃ cup Caramelised walnuts

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Times for this recipe

Preparation: 50 min.

Cooking: 15 min.

All in all: 60 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Chocolate cream with a crunch, irish coffee mousse

In a pan pour 3 cups + 3 tablespoons whole milk, 3 cups + 3 tablespoons cream and 2 vanilla pod.

Bring to the boil. Remove from heat, cover and leave to stand about 10 minutes.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Meanwhile, break 3 cups + 3 tablespoons dark chocolate, then with a large broad-bladed knife, chop roughly.

The aim is to get chocolate pieces as small as possible so that they melt quickly in hot milk.

Stage 3 - 3 min.

In a bowl, put 9 egg yolks and ²⁄₃ cup caster sugar, beat briefly with a whisk.

Stage 4 - 2 min.

Pour hot milk onto mix while stirring.

Stage 5 - 3 min.

Clean pan, and pour mix back in through a strainer.

Stage 6 - 7 min.

Put pan on medium heat and cook as for custard (crème anglaise).

Stage 7 - 2 min.

As soon as it's cooked, add chocolate.

Stage 8 - 2 min.

Stir until all chocolate is melted and makes the chocolate cream (taste it, it's already delicious).

Cover and leave to cool.

Stage 9 - 5 min.

Cut ²⁄₃ cup Candied grapefruit peel into very small pieces.

Stage 10 - 10 min.

Prepare Irish coffee mousse: into a gourmet whip pour ²⁄₃ cup Sugar syrup, ²⁄₃ cup cold coffee, 1 ²⁄₃ cup liquid cream and ¹⁄₃ cup whisky. You will note that cream volume = volume of syrup + whisky + coffee.

Stage 11 - 5 min.

A short time before serving, prepare small pots: half fill with chocolate cream.

Add a layer of nuts and candied peel.

Stage 12 - 5 min.

Fill almost to the top with chocolate cream.

Stage 13 - 5 min.

And top with a layer of Irish coffee mousse.

Stage 14

Serve without waiting, otherwise nuts and grapefruit peel will lose their crunch.

Add a stip of candied grapefruit peel, and for example finger biscuits.

Remarks

If you don't have a gourmet whisk, make a classic chantilly cream with double or whipping cream (not pouring cream) that you mix with coffee+whisky+syrup, and then whip as usual. You can also use a simple chantilly.

You can replace Whisky by Bailey's, the mousse will be a bit less alcoholic.

If you will think that there are not enough photos of preparing mousse, you're right. I have forgot to take them when preparing recipe. I'll do it next time, I promise...

Keeping: Several days in the fridge, covered by a plastic film.

Source: Home made, but this recipe is warmly dedicated to my friend Conor from Dublin, who taught me how to make Irish Coffee in AltaMira a long time ago.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	160 RDI=60 %	3,040 RDI=290 %	760 RDI=120 %	16,510 RDI=830 %	69,110 RDI: 830 %
Per 100 g	4 RDI=2 %	80 RDI=8 %	20 RDI=3 %	450 RDI=20 %	1,900 RDI: 20 %
Per person	9 RDI=4 %	170 RDI=20 %	40 RDI=6 %	920 RDI=50 %	3,840 RDI: 50 %

The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Egg, Nuts

How much will it cost?

For 18 people : 17.65 €
Per person : 1.00 €

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The 1 comment already posted on this recipe

Oh my goodness J.H This recipe sounds heavenly:) I hope you don't mind but I just had to add the link to a post I did for Irish Coffee Day back in January. Delectable!
Posted by Louise may 1^st 2009 at 14:06 n° 1

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