White chocolate mousses with strawberry and black pepper sauce - recipe
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Prepare
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Serves
4 -
Cook
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Skill
Easy
Ingredients
For the white chocolate mousse
- 200 g White chocolate broken into pieces
- 1 Lime grated zest only
- 2 Egg(s) (free range) separated
- 2 tbsp White rum
- 150 ml Double cream
For the strawberry and black pepper sauce
- 50 g Unrefined golden caster sugar
- 75 ml Water
- ½ tsp Peppercorns roughly crushed
- 225 g Strawberries hulled and sliced, plus a few extra to decorate
- ½ Lime juice only
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To make the mousse, melt the chocolate in a bowl set over a saucepan of very gently simmering water, making sure that the base of the bowl isn’t touching the water.
For this step you'll need:
- 200g White chocolate broken into pieces
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2
Take the bowl of chocolate off the saucepan and stir in the lime zest, egg yolks and rum until smooth.
For this step you'll need:
- 1 Lime juice only
- 2 tbsp White rum
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3
Lightly whip the cream until it forms soft swirls then fold into the chocolate mix and spoon into 4 small glasses. Chill in the fridge for 3-4 hours until set.
For this step you'll need:
- 150ml Double cream
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4
Meanwhile make the sauce, add the sugar, water and pepper to a medium saucepan and heat gently, stirring until the sugar has dissolved then simmer for 3 minutes. Add the strawberries and lime juice and cook for 2 minutes then leave to cool.
For this step you'll need:
- 50g Unrefined golden caster sugar
- 75ml Water
- ½tsp Peppercorns roughly crushed
- 225g Strawberries hulled and sliced, plus a few extra to decorate
- ½ Lime juice only
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5
Puree the sauce in a liquidiser or using a stick blender until smooth. Pour into a small jug and pour over the tops of the mousses just before serving. Serve on small plates with extra halved strawberries, if liked.