Chocolate Mousse a la Nigella Express
Saturday, May 16th, 2009My boss invited me and my hubby over for dinner with her visiting mother and some friends/colleagues. I decided (and she totally agreed) to bring over some chocolate mousse a la Nigella Lawson. So, that I did. It was fun and easy to make and it tasted delicious! To view a video of her on this recipe, go here.
Ingredients:
- 150 gr mini marshmallow (it was difficult to get plain marshmallow at Hero supermarket but luckily enough there were chocolate filled marshmallows and I used them instead)
- 50 gr butter
- 250 gr chocolate chips/buttons (just to help melt it quicker, but you could also use normal cooking chocolate bars)
- 4 tbsp boiled water
- 284 ml whipped cream and 1 tsp vanilla extract (I didn’t have vanilla extract so used rum instead just for additional flavour)
Melt all first four ingredients together, set aside to cool. Whip the cream together with 
vanilla extract (or rum, whichever you choose) until it’s fluffy/firm. Fold the (cooled) chocolate mix into the cream.
It seemed to be a hit at dinner, although I thought it was a bit too sweet. I think the chocolate fill of the marshmallow may have something to do with it, so if I can’t find plain marshmallows, I will have to use partly unsweetened chocolate. However, it’s definitely a keeper! 
(And according to my hubby, it’s dangerously close to knocking off Brasserie’s chocolate mousse from the top).
Since I had to bring it over to my boss’ house, I spooned it into paper coffee cups, so it doesn’t really show the mousse itself. The picture above shows it garnished with (hand-)whipped cream.
