nigella's chocolate mousse

i attempted to make this recipe last week..

its fairly simple..

u need;

150g mini marshmallows

50g soft butter

250g good dark chocolate (minimum 70% cocoa solids), chopped into small pieces

60ml hot water from a recently boiled kettle

1 x 284ml tub double cream

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

just mix the marshmallows + butter + chocolate + water in a heavy based pan until all the marshmallows melted thoroughly, then put aside to cool. whip the cream and add the vanilla extract (if u have). then mix the two together and put them in nice tiny pots and cool in fridge.

my experience;
i couldnt find any mini marshmallows so had to buy them big sizes ones, and get my little nieces and nephew to tear them into small pieces. went all the way to giant, tesco and lastly cold storage to look for the chocolate, the double cream and vanilla extract. the chocolate i got, the double cream was too bloody expensive at RM30 per 100 ml!! dats um, about 5 quid per 100 ml! i made do with normal single cream instead. cant find any vanilla extract so settled for vanilla flavouring instead - huge mistake.

the choc + marshmallows + butter + water melted nicely, i was a bit apprehensive in the beginning cos the marshmallows took a long time to melt, but be patient, it will melt eventually, just keep stirring and make sure it all melted thoroughly otherwise it gets clumpy when it cooled. the cream was more difficult, after whipping it, i added the vanilla flavouring, which immediately turns the entire cream to mush! anyone ever experience this before? just goes to show to never subsitute vanilla extract for artificial flavouring huhu. had to make a quick visit to the shops again to get fresh cream.

anyway managed to complete the rest of the recipe without mishap, doled them out in the pre-cooled pots and refrigerate them for about an hour - cos i was too impatient already hehe.

tadaaaaaa!!!! (^_^)

it would be even better if it has this!

disclaimer : ok2..lets be honest here, the pictures above are courtesy of google - i didnt manage to get any pictures my camera was on loan and my hp was out of battery! but in all fairness, it looks EXACTLY like this, except for the spoon - mine is nicer haha

the total cost for making this recipe?:
butter = only use a little bit, so i will estimate it 50 cents
marshmallows = RM11.20
70% cocoa dark choc = RM32.50
cream = as i only use single cream - and not considering i had to buy twice = RM15
which gives the grand total of = RM59.20

the recipe above serves 6 person - so around 10 bucks per person..

oh the taste - heavenly delicious seriously yummy one of the best choc mousse ive ever tasted!

go try it :)