Do you have a secret trick?

weenancyinAmerica

Yup - three of the required 5. Does two servings cover the day or do you need to add a couple of raspberries or strawberries on the top? Maybe both, then it will definitely be five.

Brie

weenancyinAmerica said:

Yup - three of the required 5. Does two servings cover the day or do you need to add a couple of raspberries or strawberries on the top? Maybe both, then it will definitely be five.

One raspberry and a mint leaf should do it.

MrsCatz

@Brie I will have to make your mousse it sounds delicious.

Added to my shopping list

Brambling

MrsCatz said:

4 eggs (not 2 as I thought) and 2-3 oz Bourneville (or chocolate of choice)

Separate eggs then beat the whites until stiff. Melt chocolate in a basin over hot water, add a teaspoon of boiling water to help soften if it becomes too sticky. When chocolate is melted take off heat and stir in yolks. Pour carefully into egg whites and mix/ whisk for a minute, pop in ramekins and chill. I suggest overnight for best results. 

I remember making this in the late 70s, I also remember getting side tracked and making chocolate scrambled eggs when I forgot to take the chocolate off the heat 

bouicca21

@MrsCatz @Brie  you are a wicked pair.  I am going to have to do both those recipes.  My heart attack will be on you both.

Brie

bouicca21 said:

@MrsCatz @Brie  you are a wicked pair.  I am going to have to do both those recipes.  My heart attack will be on you both.

Oh dear!!!  Suggest you make a quarter version of mine then - it is very rich.  The original recipe included a chocolate fudge sauce which I think I made once only - also incredibly rich and was def coronary material when served with the terrine.  Much nicer with a bit of fruit - raspberries or thin slices of pears are nice.  (& that's from someone who normally says that fruit and chocolate should never be served together.)

Topher

Brie said:

weenancyinAmerica said:

@Brie - a long time ago, the Corse Lawn Inn used to make what they called a three-chocolate mousse. Sounds like what you make. It was so good.

And the wonderful thing is that as chocolate is a fruit and there's 3 types of chocolate in it that counts as 3 of your recommended 5 a day!  Oh and as there's no added sugar there's no calories in it whatsoever!!!!!  (& this is how I manage to keep my oh so boyish figure.......(not))

Sorry Brie, I have to correct you there. (I’ll assume I have years of experience over you and that’s why you don’t know) …. It’s STOLEN chocolate that has no calories. I.e. if you steal someone else’s chocolate they’re the person who bears the guilt for all the extra calories they CHOSE to bring into their house, and their diet; you then steal it for a calorie free contribution (it’s fruit as you correctly point out) to your five a day. 

Brie

Topher said:

Sorry Brie, I have to correct you there. (I’ll assume I have years of experience over you and that’s why you don’t know) …. It’s STOLEN chocolate that has no calories. I.e. if you steal someone else’s chocolate they’re the person who bears the guilt for all the extra calories they CHOSE to bring into their house, and their diet; you then steal it for a calorie free contribution (it’s fruit as you correctly point out) to your five a day. 

Ah!  Good to know a bit more about the science of it all!!!  Of course I did realise that if you slice things like cakes or desserts like this calories do leak out.  Same applies to biscuits - broken ones are much better for you due to calorie leakage.  On the other hand whole biscuits have a lot of calories and whole biscuits that are dunked suck in even more errant calories from across the universe making them one of the worst things anyone could possibly eat.  

Topher

Brie said:

Ah!  Good to know a bit more about the science of it all!!!  Of course I did realise that if you slice things like cakes or desserts like this calories do leak out.  Same applies to biscuits - broken ones are much better for you due to calorie leakage.  On the other hand whole biscuits have a lot of calories and whole biscuits that are dunked suck in even more errant calories from across the universe making them one of the worst things anyone could possibly eat.  

Do you know, in all my years of honing my expertise in the field, I’d never even considered this. Now you’ve explained it it makes perfect sense. 

Rosa_Damascena

Brambling said:

MrsCatz said:

4 eggs (not 2 as I thought) and 2-3 oz Bourneville (or chocolate of choice)

Separate eggs then beat the whites until stiff. Melt chocolate in a basin over hot water, add a teaspoon of boiling water to help soften if it becomes too sticky. When chocolate is melted take off heat and stir in yolks. Pour carefully into egg whites and mix/ whisk for a minute, pop in ramekins and chill. I suggest overnight for best results. 

I remember making this in the late 70s, I also remember getting side tracked and making chocolate scrambled eggs when I forgot to take the chocolate off the heat 

I find the egg-y element very off putting. With the "ganache" recipe you can play about with the ratio of chocolate to cream and end up with truffles, which are no hardship.