chocolate cherry cordial mousse
I based this recipe on a basic mousse recipe from the Joy cookbook, 1976. I love the flavor of chocolate covered cherries, sometimes known as cherry cordials. Use canned cherries, not cherry pie filling.
prep time
25 Min
cook time
15 Min
method
Stove Top
yield
6 serving(s)
Ingredients
- MOUSSE
- 2 cups whole milk
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 3-4 ounces sweet baking chocolate, grated
- 4 - egg yolks, beaten
- 3/4 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 tablespoons brandy or kirsch
- TOPPING
- 1 cup canned dark cherries with juice
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon brandy or kirsch
How To Make chocolate cherry cordial mousse
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Step 1Chill your cream, mixing bowl, and beaters for at least one hour before starting recipe.
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Step 2Scald the milk in a saucepan over low heat. Stir in the 1/4 cup sugar and chocolate until blended and chocolate melts.
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Step 3Pour about 1/2 cup of this mixture over the beaten egg yolks in a mixing bowl, and mix together quickly. Then pour this mixture back into the chocolate mixture in the pan. Stir constantly over low heat until it thickens slightly. Do not overcook. Place the pan in a bowl of cold water to cool it.
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Step 4In the chilled bowl, whip the cream until stiff. Whip in the vanilla and 2 tablespoons brandy or Kirsch.
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Step 5Fold the cooled chocolate custard into the whipped cream until well blended. Fill custard cups with the mousse. Place in refrigerator.
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Step 6Drain canned cherries, reserving 1/4 cup juice. Heat the 1/4 cup juice and the sugar over medium high heat, stirring constantly, to a boil. Boil until thickened like syrup, several minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in cherries and brandy or Kirsch. Spoon this mixture evenly over mousse just before serving. (Cherry mixture may be held at room temperature until serving time.)
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