Sugar!

[resonant]

Anybody want to give me your most wonderful recipe for a Valentine's day dessert?

Ideally one that doesn't make huge quantities, so that the three of us can eat it all on the day itself and not have leftovers sitting around tempting us later?

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[teachyrchildren.livejournal.com]

Ultimate Chocolate Mouse:
Easy, Sinful, and serves 4-5.

1/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup water
1 1/2 cups heavy cream, chilled
6 oz. semi-sweet chocolate chips
3 egg yolks
2 tbs. rum or orange liquerur
1/4 cup toasted slivered almonds

In small saucepan, combine sugar and water. Boil several minutes until
syrupy. Keep hot.
Chill workbowl and steel blade 15 minutes. Add chilled cream to workbowl
and process until thickened, 1-2 minutes. After cream stops splattering,
remove pusher to allow air to enter workbowl. (Cream is whipped when no
liquid falls back toward the blade when motor is turned off). Scrape cream
into mixing bowl.
Reinsert Steel Blade. Place chocolate chips into workbowl. Process for
about 10 seconds, then add hot syrup and process until smooth.
Scrape down sides of bowl and continue to process. With machine running,
add egg yolks and rum or liqueur. Add nuts and pulse 5-6 times. Pour
chocolate mixture over whipped cream and gently fold until white patches
have disappeared. Chill several hours. Serves 4-5.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Huh! The hot syrup cooks the egg yolks! I had stopped making chocolate mousse because I was worried about raw eggs (my recipe calls for both yolks and whites), but that's a way to solve the problem.