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Bourbon Chocolate Mousse

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This creamy confection is easy and elegant.

Ingredients

  • 3 packages (8 Oz. Package) Semisweet Chocolate Squares
  • ¾ cups Sugar
  • 1 cup Strongly Brewed Coffee
  • ½ cups Bourbon
  • 1 cup Butter
  • 2 cups Whipping Cream, Whipped

Preparation

Put all the chocolate squares in a large saucepan. Add the sugar, coffee, bourbon, and butter.

Cook on low heat, stirring constantly, until smooth. Set aside to cool.

Whip the whipping cream and fold into the chocolate.

This can be placed in any shaped pan you like. I always use a loaf pan, but a small square (8×8) or round pan could be used as well. Line the pan with plastic wrap, then spoon in the mousse.

Cover, then place in the freezer for at least 8 hours.

Invert onto your serving plate.

This year, I decorated it by snipping a live pink Asiatic lily and placing it on top. In other years, I’ve made a large Christmas bow with wire-rimmed ribbon, and I’ve also used a single rose with a bow tied around the stem. You could also just top it with fresh strawberries and whipping cream.

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debdaamazon on 1.29.2010

This sounds really simple to make, but rich, chocolatey, and fattening (as any REALLY good dessert should be!). Thanks for sharing!!

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calysta on 11.22.2010

This was a very easy to follow recipe! And it’s delicious! Be warned, it’s not very SWEET, but for die-hard chocolate lovers, it’ll be a favorite.

I’ll do things differently the next time I make it:
I’ll make sure the chocolate is cooled enough (I think it was too hot and made the whipped cream melt a little which then made the folding process fail a bit and a bunch of the chocolate sunk to the bottom in a big strong-tasting chunk).
And I’ll dish up smaller portions for my guests. Half of them couldn’t finish it — not huge chocolate lovers and felt no compunction over throwing their left-overs away. :(

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