It sounds too good to be true; water + #chocolate + technique = #chocolatemousse in #10minutes?! Let’s put Heston Blumenthal’s recipe to the test.
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I tested Heston Blumenthal’s recipe from Master Chef World : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6oMIo3GTQ8&t=1s
I also tried Food52’s recipe: https://food52.com/recipes/16044-herve-this-chocolate-mousse
227 g (8 oz.) good quality dark chocolate 62% chocolate solids
175 ml (3/4 C.) boiling water
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Ive made this recipe with nestle toll house chips. Put it in a kitchenaide stand mixer and put an ice bath under the bowl of the kitchenaide. it wasnt the chocolate, it was the ratio and it was you
Use a chocolate that is at least 70 percent cocoa. I used 73 percent dark chocolate and my mousse solidified in a little more than two minutes.
You need to put more effort into your whisking, if you can't whisk fast then use a food processor with whisk attachment
use hot water to dip your spoons in for the quenelles…
Thank you so much. Can you make this in advance and keep it in the refrigerator?
Anne Reardon has a simpler method for doing this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8kZtSJRZuA that will be easier to do.
What do you mean we are told not to put water in chocolate? That's a basic water ganache.
I doubt anyone would get this recipe right the first time.
So I'm making it since years…the secret to get it done fast is to:
A. whip it with an electric mixer
B. to start whipping it…then let it sit for a minute in the ice (until its room temperature)…then again whip it…the moment it starts solidifying, take it out and continue whipping…it's true…it's rather 1:2 water:chocolate…but even cheap chocolate works. The secret is to first let it cool to room temperature before worrying that it doesnt work….it will!
For this recipe… The darker the chocolate, the more water can be used. For 60 % dark chocolate, a 0.8/1 mixture water/chocolate is possible. For 75 %, a 1:1 mixture is working pretty good and 90 % dark chocolate can even bind a 1.2:1 ratio of water/chocolate. Is all about the agents in the chocolate that can bind the water.
love this video 😍😍😍i definitely making this … and i admire you for showing the fails and your great pleasure on successes …👏👏👏
I liked your English accent!
You’re going to kill a fly with your bare hand, then go right back to work with your whip? Any chance it would occur to you to wash your hands after smashing the fly and then continue with the recipe?
I bow out from being one of your lovelies. You won’t miss me
If anyone is wondering it's about 70%water to chocolate
I was not offended by your take on our British accents. It was quite cute! Thank you for making us sound cute, lol!
What a lovely chocolate mess
So you can use basic baker semi sweet chocolate you just have to play with the ratio. Mine was successful around 350g chocolate: 250 mL Water. If it doesn't set put your mix on the double boiler and add 10 – 20 g of chocolate until melted. That's what I did and eventually I got it to set with lower quality chocolate. 😁
I once saw a chef explaining that if you beat Chantilly in different directions, it takes longer to mount (there's a scientific explanation for that), so you should chose one direction (clockwise or anti-clockwise) and stick with it. I noticed you changed directions in the video, maybe that's why it took longer than it was supposed to. But thank you very much for trying the recipe and giving us the tips. I'll try to make it on my own and your video was super helpful 😊❤️
IT WORKS!!!
Oh my God, Emmy, thank you so much for teaching us how to do it. I did today not believing it would work, but it actually worked. It's really unbelievable
i love your videos!! i know i saw another comment like mine. but it really is true! most content creators don't show their fails or unsuccessful attempts and you do! it makes you so much more real and human and i love it! thank you!!! it shows anyone can do it! no matter what even if it takes a couple try's.. THAT OKAY! just go again! thank you for everything you do! thank you for being real and 100% authentically yourself
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Whipping is about adding air. I try to lift and stir to ad air. Just stirring quickly takes much longer.
This is not chocolate mousse. This simply is not chocolate mousse. Cutting corners with ingredients and time just make this melted chocolate on a plate. Not mousse. Thank you for trying.
Very nice. Do you think this could be done with the "Trader Joe's dark chocolate coffee buzz bars"? I am on Keto, and if it worked it would be a nice option.
7:48 I felt that. <3
I've just made this, and it is amazing. It did revert rather quickly to a more pudding-like consistency rather quickly. I was hoping to make this ahead for a dinner party, and not have to whip it up at the last minute. Any ideas? I wonder if I could freeze it.
I love sincere, intelligent and smart women and i'm definitely in love with you! I mean not like that but you know, girl power like. Anyway i'm going to try the recipe. Thanks, hugs.
70% or over will get a perfect mouse
maybe try the semi sweet with less water and some powdered sugar?
Gotta be a better way to plate this.
and no added sugar or cream.great
Thank you SO much for making this. I am a chocolate maker (yup I grind up those beans and actually make chocolate.) So after watching you do this I was brave enough to give it a try with my 75% dark chocolate. OHHHH Yummy. I made this as a desert at a fancy dinner my Mom was having, It was a bit nerve wracking making it for the first time in front of a bunch of people hoping it would turn out. But because your excellent video mine turned out perfect. Everyone loved it. Thanks again!
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Hello Emmy! I made this today, with 250g of 70% dark choc, and 150g water, which worked in almost exactly 10 mins. Thank you so much for showing us what works and what doesn't! 😀
One question, why didn't you use an electic handmixer? i'm going to make this tomorrow, so thanks for all the tips!
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