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CHOCOLATE
MOUSSE CREAM PUFFS
Savor
these decadent chocolate lover's indulgences
alongside a cup of hazelnut coffee!
Chocolate
Mousse (recipe follows)
3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons baking cocoa
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
1 cup water
1/2 cup butter or margarine
4 eggs
Powdered
sugar or baking cocoa, if desired
Make Chocolate Mousse. Heat oven to 400°F.
Mix flour, cocoa and granulated sugar; set
aside.
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Heat
water and butter to rolling boil in 2 1/2-quart
saucepan. Stir in flour mixture; reduce heat to
low. Stir vigorously over low heat about 1 minute
or until mixture forms a ball; remove from heat.
Beat in eggs, all at once, with spoon; continue
beating until smooth. Drop dough by scant 1/4
cupfuls about 3 inches apart onto ungreased cookie
sheet.
Bake
35 to 40 minutes or until puffed and golden. Cool
on wire rack away from draft, about 30 minutes.
Cut off top third of each puff; pull out any strand
of soft dough. Pipe or spoon mousse into puffs;
replace tops. Dust with powdered sugar. Cover
and refrigerate until serving. Store covered in
refrigerator.
Makes
12 servings.
CHOCOLATE
MOUSSE
4
egg yolks
1/4 cup sugar
1 cup whipping (heavy) cream
1 bag (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips (1
cup)*
1 1/2 cups whipping (heavy) cream
Beat
egg yolks in small bowl with electric mixer on
high speed about 3 minutes or until thick and
lemon colored. Gradually beat in sugar. Heat 1
cup whipping cream in 2-quart saucepan over medium
heat just until hot. Gradually stir at least half
of the hot cream into egg yolk mixture, then stir
back into hot cream in saucepan. Cook over low
heat about 5 minutes, stirring constantly, until
mixture thickens (do not boil). Stir in chocolate
chips until melted. Cover and refrigerate about
2 hours, stirring occasionally, just until chilled.
Beat 1 1/2 cups whipping cream in chilled medium
bowl on high speed until stiff. Fold chocolate
mixture into whipped cream.
*SUBSTITUTION:
Use white baking chips for the chocolate chips
in the mousse.
[Holiday
Celebrations, Williams-Sonoma Lifestyle Collection]
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