Chocolate Mousse with Rum

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This is the recipe from Le Sanglier Restaurant in the San Fernando Valley

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 2 egg whites, at room temperature
  • 1 cup semisweet chocolate pieces
  • 1/4 cup rum
  • 3 cups whipping cream

Preparation

Step 1

Cook sugar and water in saucepan, with water to point where syrup turns a pale golden color (just before it starts to caramelize). Beat egg whites and gradually add the syrup, beating constantly. Melt chocolate with rum over hot water and fold into sugar mixture. Cool for 2 hours in refrigerator.

Whip the cream and fold into chocolate mixture. Spoon into serving dishes.