Richard Whitaker

Dinner Parties White chocolate and citrus mousse recipe

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Date Published:
19/12/2007

Get your sweet tooth lodged in this white chocolate mousse recipe from Richard in London for Come Dine With Me

Serves 6-8

Ingredients

  • 340g white chocolate, broken
  • 5 medium egg yolks
  • 75g icing sugar
  • grated zest of ½ a lemon and ½ a grapefruit (or just 1½ lemons)
  • 750ml double cream
  • confit of lemons / grapefruit to garnish (see below)
  • grated dark chocolate for decoration

Method: How to make white chocolate and citrus mousse

1. Melt the chocolate in a heatproof dish over a pan of simmering water. Stir and allow it to cool a little.

2. Whisk the egg yolks and sugar over the same pan of simmering water until it achieves a firm sabayon foam (ie it holds its shape). Cool for 10 minutes

3. Fold the melted chocolate and zest into the sabayon. Cool and lightly chill but don’t let it set.

4. Whip the cream to soft peaks stage, fold in chocolate mixture, one third at a time using a palette knife. Divide into 6 bowls. Chill until firm.

5. Serve with lemon confit on top.

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  1. Heya rich, Love ya kitchen and i dont think john should have won!! Byeee xx
    Posted by Judith on 31/07/2009 14:25:32
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