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🍽️ Airy white chocolate mousse with sugar crystals
485 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 250 g white chocolate
- 3 sheets white gelatin
- 1 egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 tbsp white rum
- 250 ml whipping cream
- 250 g fruit (or berries, small, mixed as you like)
- 1 egg white
- fine caster sugar
- powdered sugar
Instructions
- 1. Cut the white chocolate into small pieces.
- 2. Melt the chocolate pieces slowly over a water bath.
- 3. Soak the gelatin leaves in cold water.
- 4. Whisk the egg and egg yolk in a hot water bath until the mixture is creamy.
- 5. Squeeze the soaked gelatin well to remove excess water.
- 6. Add the gelatin to the egg mixture and stir until it has completely dissolved.
- 7. Add the rum.
- 8. Place the bowl with the cream into a cold water bath.
- 9. Stir the cream in the cold water bath until it has cooled down.
- 10. Whip the cream until stiff.
- 11. Gently fold the whipped cream into the cooled egg cream.
- 12. Reserve about four tablespoons of the melted chocolate for decoration.
- 13. Add the remaining melted chocolate to the mousse.
- 14. Gently fold in the chocolate without deflating the mousse.
- 15. Place the mousse in the refrigerator overnight to set.
- 16. Put the reserved four tablespoons of chocolate into a small piping bag.
- 17. Cut a small tip off the corner of the bag.
- 18. Pipe snowflakes or stars from the chocolate onto baking paper.
- 19. Let the chocolate decoration chill until it is hard.
- 20. Whisk the egg white lightly until it is foamy.
- 21. Brush the fruits with the beaten egg white.
- 22. Sprinkle the brushed fruits with sugar.
- 23. Place the fruits on baking paper.
- 24. Let the fruits dry for about three hours.
- 25. Portion the cold mousse onto four plates.
- 26. Decorate the mousse with the dried fruits and the chocolate decorations.
- 27. Dust the finished plates with powdered sugar.
- 28. Serve the mousse immediately.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 485
- Protein: 6 g · Fett/Fat: 33 g · Carbs: 38 g