Chocolate Mousse with Custard

Warm chocolate mousse with custard is a dessert that will hardly leave anyone indifferent.

Summary

Ingredients

For the chocolate mousse:

• Butter – 200 g
• Dark chocolate – 480 g
• Cocoa powder – 2 tbsp
• Egg whites – 460 g

For the custard:

• Milk – 200 ml
• Egg yolks – 6 pcs.
• Powdered sugar – 100 g
• Vanilla in pods – 2 pcs.
• Mascarpone cheese – 1 tbsp

Instructions

1. Bring water to a boil in a medium saucepan.
2. Place the dark chocolate and cocoa powder in a metal bowl and melt by placing the bowl over the boiling water in a saucepan.
3. Melt the butter in a separate saucepan. Add the melted butter to the chocolate and gently stir the mixture until smooth.
4. Remove from heat and whisk the chocolate and egg whites until you get a smooth consistency.
5. Grate one vanilla stick. Combine milk, sugar, vanilla stick, and vanilla shavings together and heat the mixture in a medium saucepan.
6. Whisk the egg yolks in a separate bowl.
7. Remove the vanilla pod from the mixture and add the beaten egg yolks to the mixture.
8. Reduce heat and stir mixture in saucepan until thickened. Remove from heat and let cool.
9. Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
10. Pour one ladle of chocolate mousse into a separate saucepan (ovenproof dish).
11. Place the pot in the oven and bake at 180 degrees (it is important that the mousse is baked on the outside, but liquid on the inside).
12. Add a tablespoon of mascarpone cheese to the custard while the mousse is baking.
13. Remove the mousse from the oven, top with the custard and sprinkle with cocoa powder.

Bon Appetit!