Miss Eisenhauer's Chocolate Mousse

Total Time: 3 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/2 lb sweet chocolate, chopped
• 6 large eggs, separated
• 3 tablespoons water
• 6 tablespoons sugar
• 1/4 cup grand marnier
• 2 cups heavy cream

Recipe

• 1 melt chocolate in a double boiler.
• 2 place egg yolks and water in a heavy saucepan. place the pot over very low heat and whisk constantly till the yolks start to thicken.
• 3 add the grand marnier and continue beating until sauce achieves the consistency of a hollandaise. remove from heat.
• 4 fold the melted chocolate into the sauce and put to the side.
• 5 beat the heavy cream until stiff adding 2 tbl of sugar toward the end of the beating. fold into the chocolate mixture.
• 6 in another bowl beat the egg whites until soft peaks form, then add the remaining sugar. continue to beat until stiff peaks form. fold this into the mousse.
• 7 chill at least 3 hours or overnight.