Chocolate Orange Mousse Recipe | Food Network UK

Ingredients

• For the mousse
• 175g good milk/plain chocolate, chopped
• 60g good dark/plain chocolate, chopped
• 60ml orange liqueur (recommended: Grand Marnier)
• 60ml water
• 1 tsp pure vanilla essence
• 1 tsp grated orange zest
• 170g unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 8 large eggs, at room temperature, separated
• 100g sugar, plus 2 tbsps
• Pinch of salt
• 120ml cold double cream
• Whipped cream, recipe follows, for decoration
• Mandarin oranges, drained, for decoration
• For the whipped cream
• 500ml cold double cream
• 2 tbsps sugar
• Dash of pure vanilla essence