Recipes
Deeply dark mousse with spiders
These devilish mousses are delicious and are a great Halloween dessert, complete with spider on top.
These devilish mousses are delicious and are a great Halloween dessert, complete with spider on top.
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Cook: 1 Hour 30 Mins
Serves: 6
Price: 45p per serving
Nutritional Information
Each 119g serving contains
Energy
1545kj
369kcal
1545kj
369kcal
18%
Fat
20.2g
20.2g
High
29%
29%
Saturates
9.9g
9.9g
Med
50%
50%
Sugars
33.3g
33.3g
High
37%
37%
Salt
0.2g
0.2g
Low
4%
4%
of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
1298kj/310kcal
Typical energy values per 100g:
1298kj/310kcal
Ingredients
250g dark chocolate (50% cocoa solids)
4 large eggs, separated
4 tbsp orange juice
2 level tbsp caster sugar
100g ready-made puff pastry
Flour, for rolling
Writing icing, to decorate
Caster sugar, to decorate
Method
1
Melt the chocolate in a bowl over a pan of hot water. Make sure the base of the bowl doesn't touch the water. Set aside for 10 minutes.
2
In a clean, dry bowl, whisk the egg whites into stiff peaks. Add the sugar 1 tbsp at a time, whisking after each addition.
3
Beat the egg yolks into the chocolate, then add the orange juice. Fold in the whites with a metal spoon.
4
Divide the mixture between 6 ramekins and chill for at least an hour.
5
Pre-heat the oven to 220C/200C Fan/Gas 7. Roll out the puff pastry to around 7mm thick on a lightly floured surface. Use a knife to cut out 6 spider bodies and heads, plus 48 legs. Using a little cold water, attach 8 legs to each body. Brush with water, then bake for 10 minutes until puffed up and golden.
6
Decorate the spiders with writing icing and a sprinkling of caster sugar. Serve on top of the chilled mousses.