• Bitter Chocolate Mousse with Strawberry Tablet
  • Bitter Chocolate Mousse with Strawberry Tablet
  • Bitter Chocolate Mousse with Strawberry Tablet

Bitter Chocolate Mousse with Strawberry Tablet

Bitter Chocolate Mousse with Strawberry Tablet is an elegant plated dessert made with smooth bitter chocolate mousse, a fruity Rich’s Strawberry Nufill centre and a buttery almond sable base. Made with Rich’s Wilber Farms and finished with a velvet dark chocolate spray, chocolate sticks and edible gold leaf, this dessert brings together the intense richness of dark chocolate and the bright sweetness of strawberry.

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SERVES 17

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COOKING TIME

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DIFFICULTY Medium

FEATURED PRODUCTS

  1. STRAWBERRY TABLET
  2. 400 g Rich's Strawberry Nufill
  3. SABLE BASE
  4. 97 g Butter
  5. 50 g Icing Sugar
  6. 50 g Almond Powder
  7. 80 g Flour
  8. 2 ml Vanilla Essence
  9. DARK CHOCOLATE SPRAY
  10. 150 g Dark Chocolate
  11. 150 g Cocoa Butter
  12. BITTER CHOCOLATE MOUSSE
  13. 600 g Rich's Wilber Farms
  14. 200 g Dark Chocolate
  15. 100 g Egg Yolks
  16. 45 g Caster Sugar
  17. 15 g Gelatine (Soaked)
  18. 100 g Sugar
  19. DECORATING
  20. 280 g Sable Base
  21. 1460 g Bitter Chocolate Mousse
  22. 300 g Dark Chocolate Spray
  23. 100 g Chocolate Sticks
  24. 1 Sheet Edible Golden Leaf
  1. STRAWBERRY TABLET
  2. Chop Rich's Strawberry Nufill finely.
  3. Pipe Rich's Strawberry Nufill into a semi-sphere silicone mould.
  4. Place the mould in the freezer until Rich's Strawberry Nufill is set hard.
  5. SABLE BASE
  6. Cream butter & icing sugar till creamy, then add vanilla essence.
  7. Add almond powder & fold in the flour, making a soft dough. Refrigerate for 10 mins.
  8. Roll the sable paste & place it in the required mould.
  9. Bake at 180°C for 10 mins or until golden brown in colour.
  10. Reserve for further use.
  11. DARK CHOCOLATE SPRAY
  12. Melt dark chocolate and cocoa butter to 45°C.
  13. Mix and strain into the spray gun machine bowl.
  14. Keep aside for further application.
  15. BITTER CHOCOLATE MOUSSE
  16. Take Rich's Wilber Farms (liquid temperature between 2°C and 5°C) in a stainless-steel bowl.
  17. Add caster sugar to Rich's Wilber Farms and whip using a hand whipping machine.
  18. Whip Rich's Wilber Farms until it reaches the consistency required for application.
  19. Keep refrigerated until required.
  20. Whisk egg yolks in a whipping machine.
  21. Melt sugar to 113°C & pour over the egg yolks.
  22. Whip until the mixture has cooled down completely.
  23. Microwave the soaked gelatine till it dissolves completely.
  24. Transfer the egg mixture to a bowl & fold in melted dark chocolate.
  25. Add the dissolved gelatine & mix properly.
  26. Fold in whipped Rich's Wilber Farms.
  27. Pour the mousse mixture into the dessert mould and place the strawberry tablet on top.
  28. Pipe the remaining mousse mixture on top and spread evenly.
  29. Place the dessert mould in a deep freezer until the chocolate mousse is set hard.
  30. Remove the frozen mousse from the deep freezer.
  31. De-mould the frozen mousse & keep aside.
  32. DECORATING
  33. Spray the frozen chocolate mousse with the dark chocolate spray using a spray gun to give a velvet texture.
  34. Place the chocolate mousse on top of the sable base.
  35. Place a chocolate stick on top & decorate with edible golden leaf.