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Chocolate mousse

Name: Chocolate mousse
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 120 g dark chocolate; 60 g butter; 2 egg yolks; 3 egg whites; ½ teaspoon lemon juice; 1 pinch fine (or table) salt; 2 tablespoons caster sugar; 2 tablespoons cold coffee

Here is a simple quick recipe for chocolate mousse. It is just necessary to be careful at the final stage, when mixing the melted chocolate and the beaten egg-whites.

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Duration

40 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: October 17^th 2026

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For 4 people, you will need:

1 120 g dark chocolate
2 60 g butter
3 2 egg yolks
4 3 egg whites
5 ½ teaspoon lemon juice
6 1 pinch fine (or table) salt
7 2 tablespoons caster sugar
8 2 tablespoons cold coffee (optional)
Total weight: 340 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

20 min.

Resting

10 min.

Cooking

10 min.

All in all

40 min.

Preparation 20 min.

Resting 10 min.

Cooking 10 min.

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Step by step recipe

Step 1 - ⌛ 10 min.

Break 120 g dark chocolate in small pieces in a pan, and melt on very low heat or in a bain-marie.

Step 2

Stir with a spatula or a maryse during melting.

Remove from heat before chocolate is totally melted, and continue stirring until it is.

Step 3 - ⌛ 3 min.

Add 60 g butter cut in small pieces, and continue to stir...

Step 4

... until you get a nice smooth shiny chocolate.

Step 5 - ⌛ 3 min.

Add 2 egg yolks, and continue to stir until completely mixed.

Step 6 - ⌛ 10 min.

Leave the chocolate to cool a few minutes. We do that to be sure that it will not be too hot when added to the beaten egg-whites.

Step 7 - ⌛ 5 min.

Beat 3 egg whites with the pinch of salt and ½ teaspoon lemon juice.

Halfway through add 2 tablespoons caster sugar to make firmer and brighter white.

Step 8 - ⌛ 3 min.

Take about 2 tablespoons of beaten egg-whites and add them to the chocolate.

Step 9

We do that to make chocolate lighter, easier to add to the remaining egg-whites.

Step 10 - ⌛ 1 min.

Pour the "light" chocolate into the remaining beaten egg-whites.

Step 11 - ⌛ 5 min.

And finish the mousse by folding in gently.

For this, it's best to tip the bowl and to turn with the maryse from top to bottom, lifting the mixture each time.

The goal is to succeed in mixing the egg whites into the chocolate without letting them "fall", so making a beautiful light mousse...

Refrigerate for 2 hours before serving.

Remarks

To reinforce the chocolate taste with something stronger, you can add two or three tablespoons of strong coffee to the pan after the butter.

Source: Homemade.

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Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	4 g RDI=6 %	30 g RDI=11 %	29 g RDI=40 %	400 kcal RDI=20 %	1,675 kJ RDI=20 %
Per person	3 g RDI=5 %	25 g RDI=10 %	25 g RDI=34 %	338 kcal RDI=17 %	1,415 kJ RDI=17 %
Whole recipe	14 g RDI=21 %	101 g RDI=38 %	99 g RDI=136 %	1,352 kcal RDI=68 %	5,661 kJ RDI=68 %

Whole recipe

Possible allergens in this recipe: milk, egg

How much will it cost?

For 4 people

1.70 €

Per person

0.45 €

Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.

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