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Chocolate Mousse

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Ingredients 8 ingredients

  1. Cream
  2. Sugar
  3. Chocolate
  4. Bananas
  5. Vanilla
  6. 1/4 cupful of water
  7. Salt
  8. Apricot
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Possible health benefits

General information, not medical advice.

  1. Banana Source of vitamin B6 · Source of potassium

    Source of vitamin B6 · 0.4 mg per 100 g, 26% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Vitamin B6 contributes to normal cysteine synthesis.
    • Vitamin B6 contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
    • Vitamin B6 contributes to normal functioning of the nervous system.
    7 more authorised claims
    • Vitamin B6 contributes to normal homocysteine metabolism.
    • Vitamin B6 contributes to normal protein and glycogen metabolism.
    • Vitamin B6 contributes to normal psychological function.
    • Vitamin B6 contributes to normal red blood cell formation.
    • Vitamin B6 contributes to the normal function of the immune system.
    • Vitamin B6 contributes to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue.
    • Vitamin B6 contributes to the regulation of hormonal activity.

    Vitamin B6 is a vitamin that is naturally present in many foods. The body needs vitamin B6 for more than 100 enzyme reactions involved in metabolism. NIH fact sheet

    Source of potassium · 358 mg per 100 g, 18% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Potassium contributes to normal functioning of the nervous system.
    • Potassium contributes to normal muscle function.
    • Potassium contributes to the maintenance of normal blood pressure.

    Potassium is a mineral found in many foods. Your body needs potassium for almost everything it does, including proper kidney and heart function, muscle contraction, and nerve transmission. NIH fact sheet

    Nutrients per 100 g of “Bananas, raw”, USDA FoodData Central.

Claims: EU Register of health claims (Regulation (EU) No 432/2012, © European Union, CC BY 4.0), shown only where the ingredient meets the claim's conditions (Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006). Nutrients: USDA FoodData Central (CC0). Facts: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (public domain).

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.
  • Grill and open flame. Keep sleeves, hair and tea towels away from the flame, and stay with the grill while it's lit. Barbecue outdoors only, never in a closed space.

Method

  1. 2 sq.
  2. unsweetened chocolate 1-1/4 c.
  3. sugar 1 c.
  4. water 2 tsp.
  5. granulated gelatine 3 c.
  6. thin cream 1 tsp.
  7. vanilla 1 c.
  8. whipping cream Melt the chocolate in a double boiler.
  9. Add the sugar and half of the water.
  10. Cook over the flame until the mixture is thick and smooth.
  11. Soften the gelatine in 1/4 cupful of water, bring the remaining 1/4 cupful of water to the boiling point, and dissolve the gelatine in it.
  12. Add this to the cooked chocolate and sugar, heat the thin cream in a double boiler, and mix the two.
  13. Add the vanilla, strain, and cool in a pan of ice water.
  14. When the mixture begins to thicken, whip the heavy cream and fold it in.
  15. Mold, pack in ice and salt, and freeze.
  16. 102.
  17. BANANA-AND-APRICOT MOUSSE.--Mousses are sometimes made of fruits, but when this is done, the proper combination should be secured.
  18. Bananas and apricots combine very well.
  19. An excellent dessert will therefore result if the directions given in the accompanying recipe are carefully followed.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Whisk
  • Sieve