Name: Mousse de Chocolate com Cachaça
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 1 travessa ou 10 copinhos

Chocolate Mousse with Cachaça

A well-known dessert loved by Brazilians. It's pretty common to find a chocolate mousse as dessert for lunch at restaurants. What about adding a Brazilian taste to this recipe?

Ingredients

MOUSSE
12oz (350gr) of semisweet chocolate chips
8.4 fl oz (250ml) of Heavy Whipping Cream
1.6fl oz (50ml) of Brazilian Cachaça (or Vodka)
1.5fl oz (45ml) of melted butter
2.6 oz (75gr) of granulated sugar
6 egg whites
6 egg yolks
Chantilly
3.3fl oz (100ml) of Heavy Whipping cream
0.5fl oz (15ml) of Brazilian Cachaça (or Vodka)
To Decorate
Chocolate Chips

Steps

Step 1
Melt the chocolate chips
Step 2
In a blender or mixer whip the egg whites, after that, add the melted chocolate, the butter, the cachaça (vodka), and granulated sugar.
Step 3
Set aside and let it cool.
Step 4
In a bowl, beat the egg yolks and take it to a water bath (bain marie) to warm up; whip constantly to obtain a smooth cream. Let it cool.
Step 5
In a mixer, whip the heavy cream until double or triple the volume.
Step 6
In the same bowl of the whipped cream add the egg yolks cream and mix them with a spoon, then, add the chocolate dough.
Step 7
Add the mousse dough in a bowl or little cups and refrigerate until firm.
Step 8
When the mousse is firm, prepare the chantilly by mixing the heavy cream until double or triple the volume, after that, add the cachaça or vodka and mix a little bit more.
Step 9
Place a generous spoon of chantilly on top of the mousse and sprinkle some chocolate chips.