Chocolate Mousse Cake Recipe
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Ingredients: CRUST
21 chocolate wafer cookies
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, cut into pieces, room temperature
MOUSSE
6 ounces semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
6 ounces bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Pinch of salt
3 3/4 cups chilled whipping cream
1/4 cup sugar
Chocolate shavings (optional
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Directions:For CRUST:
Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 9-inch-diameter springform pan with 2 3/4-inch-high sides. Finely grind cookies in processor. Add butter and process until mixture is evenly moistened. Press crumb mixture onto bottom and up sides of prepared pan to form thin crust. Bake crust 5 minutes. Transfer crust to rack and cool completely.
For MOUSSE:
Combine chocolate, vanilla and salt in processor. Bring 1 cup cream to boil in heavy small saucepan. With processor running, gradually pour hot cream through feed tube and process until chocolate is melted and smooth. Transfer mixture to large bowl.
Cool to room temperature, stirring occasionally.
Beat 2 cups cream and sugar in large bowl to stiff peaks. Fold into chocolate mixture. Don’t over fold so egg whites don’t collapse. Pour mousse into prepared crust. Chill until set, about 6 hours. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead.)
OPTIONAL: (but I think pie is sweet enough without additional whipped cream)
Beat remaining 3/4 cup cream in medium bowl to firm peaks.
Transfer to pastry bag fitted with medium star tip. Pipe rosettes of cream around edge of cake. Garnish with chocolate shavings |
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Notes: I started a “Covid-19 Silver lining list” not long after I started to quarantine. It’s my wont to deal with negativity by trying to find the positive, which, with so much sad news, was difficult.
One of the major silver linings I found was that I was able to work on a project I just never made time for: cooking my way through my grandmother’s recipe box. For the first time ever I made her kreplach, knishes, rolled cabbage and strudel….
While this recipe is not one of my grandmother's, it speaks to the comfort I derived from cooking my way through the pandemic, constantly feeling gratitude that I had a working kitchen, plenty of food, and shelter when so many around us were not as fortunate.
Thanks to my dear friend Peggy for including me in this terrific project!
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