was asking about sweets this morning.
Did we not have any cookies?
Were there no cakes in the house?
Why was there no chocolate?
Something is terribly amiss in the Hawthorne Household.
All I needed was someone to
want me to make something for them.
I remembered a
dessert picture on the menu
from XKT's and my dinner in Cambridge, Maryland.
Toffee Chocolate Mousse with Kahlua.
Oh yeah.
I think this will scratch the itch.
Rosie's Toffee Kahlua Chocolate Mousse
Mix:
5 egg yolks
1/4 cup sugar
1 vanilla bean, seeds scraped out
4 TB Kahlua
Add to yolk mixture:
1 cup melted dark chocolate.
Whip to soft peaks:
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup sugar
Gently fold into chocolate mixture.
Beat until soft peaks:
5 egg yolks
1/4 cup sugar
Gently fold into chocolate.
Spoon mousse and toffee layers into decorative glasses and chill.
To remove the vanilla seeds,
work with half a bean at a time,
slice down the side of the bean,
flatten it with side of knife,
and scrape beans out.
Sugar and beans into yolks.
Helps to have the yolks at room temperature.
You get more volume that way.
Starting at low speed and gradually increasing speed,
beat heavy cream.
Slowly incorporate the sugar.
When beating cream,
you want the cream cold for best results.
When I have time,
I'll chill the beaters and the bowl
before beating.
Beat until you have soft peaks.
Start at a low speed.
Room temperature for eggs
for best results.
I like to tilt the bowl while beating
to get more aeration and volume.
Sloppily half-way fill a pretty glass
Daughter Hawthorne gave me for Mother's Day.
Add some toffee bits.
Fill with mousse and top with more bits.
Oh. May I interject something here?
It's something that's always bothered me.
It's the Heath bits o' brickle bag.
They incorrectly put the apostrophe before the o.
The apostrophe goes after the o,
because the f is not there.
It should be Bits O' Brickle.
Not Bits 'O Brickle.
Had to get that off my chest.
Sorry, but I digest.
Sure it looks and, no doubt, tastes delicious, but I bet it doesn't work in your hair. HA!
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