Ingredients:
- 8 eggs
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 8 oz bittersweet chocolate (try the Trader Joe's 1 lb bar of dark chocolate)
- 1 cup extra strong hot coffee (3 tsp of coffee per cup)
- Orange peels or berries to garnish
- Separate the egg yolks from the egg whites
- Beat the egg yolks
- Break up chocolate and place it in a small oven-proof dish
- Pour the coffee over the chocolate and put it in a hot oven to allow the chocolate to melt
- Remove the chocolate from the oven and mix the chocolate and coffee until you have a smooth mixture
- Whip the egg whites until they are foamy and hold soft peaks - add sugar half early on in your whipping process
- Slowly add in the egg whites to the chocolate mixture
- Stick the mousse back in the oven for 30 minutes @250 - this is a new step in the traditional mousse process to prevent salmonella
- Take out of the oven and allow to cool in the refrigerator for at least a few hours in your bake-ware or in individual serving dishes
This can easily become very bitter is you use a very dark chocolate(70%+) - for sweeter tooths, try using a semi-sweet chocolate or top with a bit of low-fat whipped cream
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