Chocolate Mousse and Tuile biscuits

After a stressful day with a broken washing machine, some chocolate was required!

This Mousse recipe is from a little book I received today from Sarah Moss - Thank you Sarah x

The Tuile biscuits are a Leiths recipe and this is the first time I have made them.

Mousse Ingredients

100g of milk chocolate 
2 eggs (separated)
70 ml double cream

Melt the chocolate in a bowl set over a pan of simmering water then stir in the egg yolks and allow to cool slightly.

Whip the cream in one bowl to soft peaks, and beat the egg yolk in another bowl until stiff.

Fold the cream into the chocolate, and then fold in the egg whites. spooon into Ramekin dishes or other suitable dish / glass and chill for 2 - 4 hours. This is a lovely light bubbly mousse and the amounts above gave me enough for 6 ramekin sized mousses.

Next job was the tuiles, and for something so simple looking they were very fiddly!

Ingredients 

55g of butter (melted)
2 egg white
115g caster sugar
55g plain flour

1. Heat oven to 190/ 170 fan/ Gas 5
2. Line 2 baking sheets with baking parchment each cut into 4 squares - don't be tempted to use greaseproof because some brands of that still stick to the tuiles.
3. allow butter to cool to room temp, beat the egg whites with a fork to break them up a little then stir in the sugar. Stir in the butter and finally add the flour. This will give you a batter type mixture.
4. Spread the batter into very thin rounds or thin strips on the baking paper ( I did strips, dropped a half teaspoon of batter on to the baking sheet then spread it down with a palette knife.)
5. Bake for 5 - 7 mins or until lightly browned. lift the biscuits using the  paper and drape over a rolling pin to give a curved shape. Leave to cool then gently remove baking parchment.

and Enjoy!!