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Salted Caramel Peanut Butter Chocolate Mousse
Sometimes I have difficulty picking which dessert to try on the restaurant menu. But whenever I see this classic combination of salted caramel, peanut butter and chocolate on the dessert menu, the decision becomes fairly simple! Inspired by the countless amazing desserts I've had over the years at restaurants, I decided it was time to make it myself. I don't have that many elements in this dessert, and my plan is to add more textures and forms later on. Nevertheless, this mousse was super easy to make and a delight to eat! Here's how I make it:
Ingredients (makes 3 cocktail glasses):
60 g dark chocolate
2 eggs
4 tablespoon caster sugar
1/2 cup peanut butter
3 tablespoons milk
pinch of salt
2 tablespoon honey roasted peanuts
Method:
1. make the peanut butter layer by melting the peanut butter in the milk in a lightly heated pot, stir and pour to cover the bottom of each cocktail glass
2. melt the chocolate in a bowl over a water bath
3. make the caramel by heating up 2 tablespoons of sugar in a pan with 1 tablespoon of water, once the sugar has caramelized, pour half of it to the melted chocolate and stir thoroughly
4. coat the peanuts with the remaining caramel
5. mix egg yolks with chocolate (let chocolate cool a bit first)
6. whisk egg whites, add caster sugar into egg whites one teaspoon at a time (whisk until it becomes meringue like)
7. add a quarter of the whisked egg whites into the chocolate, mix
8. add the rest of the whisked egg whites, mix
9. pour the chocolate mousse mixture into the cocktail glasses and chill (takes about 3 hours to set)
10. add some caramelized peanuts for topping
11. serve!
Tricks:
When folding the chocolate with the egg whites, make sure you use a large spoon and actually "fold" rather than mix, as you want to retain as much of the air in the egg whites (from the whisking) as possible to aerate and lighten the mousse.
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Salted Caramel Peanut Butter Chocolate Mousse
Sometimes I have difficulty picking which dessert to try on the restaurant menu. But whenever I see this classic combination of salted caramel, peanut butter and chocolate on the dessert menu, the decision becomes fairly simple! Inspired by the countless amazing desserts I've had over the years at restaurants, I decided it was time to make it myself. I don't have that many elements in this dessert, and my plan is to add more textures and forms later on. Nevertheless, this mousse was super easy to make and a delight to eat! Here's how I make it:
Ingredients (makes 3 cocktail glasses):
60 g dark chocolate
2 eggs
4 tablespoon caster sugar
1/2 cup peanut butter
3 tablespoons milk
pinch of salt
2 tablespoon honey roasted peanuts
Method:
1. make the peanut butter layer by melting the peanut butter in the milk in a lightly heated pot, stir and pour to cover the bottom of each cocktail glass
2. melt the chocolate in a bowl over a water bath
3. make the caramel by heating up 2 tablespoons of sugar in a pan with 1 tablespoon of water, once the sugar has caramelized, pour half of it to the melted chocolate and stir thoroughly
4. coat the peanuts with the remaining caramel
5. mix egg yolks with chocolate (let chocolate cool a bit first)
6. whisk egg whites, add caster sugar into egg whites one teaspoon at a time (whisk until it becomes meringue like)
7. add a quarter of the whisked egg whites into the chocolate, mix
8. add the rest of the whisked egg whites, mix
9. pour the chocolate mousse mixture into the cocktail glasses and chill (takes about 3 hours to set)
10. add some caramelized peanuts for topping
11. serve!
Tricks:
When folding the chocolate with the egg whites, make sure you use a large spoon and actually "fold" rather than mix, as you want to retain as much of the air in the egg whites (from the whisking) as possible to aerate and lighten the mousse.
My other recipes: