Chestnut and chocolate mousse

Chestnut and chocolate mousse

Total: 4 hr 30 min. | Active: 30 min.
vegetarian, gluten-free
Nutritional value / person: 386 kcal
, Fat: 20 g
, Carbohydrate: 43 g
, Protein: 4 g
Forget everything you know about traditional chocolate mousse and be seduced by this elegant, mouth-watering mousse with chestnut crème. This dessert is the pinnacle of indulgence, the creaminess of the chocolate melding with the velvety sweetness of the chestnuts. Each spoonful is a symphony of autumn flavours and an exquisite experience that will light up your afternoons. Brace yourself, for every mouthful of this mousse is pure pleasure and an irresistible invitation to indulge!

Ingredients

6 people

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Chestnut crème

1 ¼ dl milk
1 ¼ dl cream
25 g icing sugar
1 tsp vanilla sugar
1 pinch salt
250 g frozen peeled chestnuts, defrosted
1 tsp rum

Mousse

200 g dark chocolate (55% cocoa), finely chopped
2 ¾ dl cream
20 g sugar

To serve

1 ½ dl cream, beaten until stiff
1 tbsp chocolate shavings
3 candied chestnuts, finely chopped
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How it's done

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Chestnut crème

Bring the milk, cream, icing sugar, vanilla sugar and salt to the boil. Add the chestnuts, cover and simmer for approx. 30 mins. Puree the chestnuts until smooth, carefully stir in the rum, cover the crème and chill for approx. 2 hrs.

Mousse

Place the chocolate in a thin-sided bowl and suspend over a gently simmering bain-marie, ensuring that the bowl does not touch the water. Melt the chocolate and stir until smooth. Stir the chocolate into the chestnut crème. Beat the cream with the sugar until stiff, carefully fold into the crème using a rubber spatula. Spoon the mousse into bowls or glasses, cover and chill for approx. 2 hrs.

To serve

Top the mousse with the cream and garnish with chocolate shavings and candied chestnuts.

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