The concorde...

with a frozen strawberry foam...



Another chocolate dessert from Pierre Herme's recipe that we'll be serving at the restaurant on Mother's Day.

Ingredients:
make 4 servings

for the meringue
- 25 g Dutch-processed cocoa powder
- 50 g powdered sugar
- 2 egg whites, room temperature
- 50 g sugar

for the mousse
- 125 g bittersweet chocolate, chopped
- 125 g unsalted butter, room temperature
- 3 egg whites, room temperature
- 15 g sugar
- 1 1/2 egg yolks, room temperature, lightly beaten

for the foam
- 100 g water
- 30 g strawberry puree
- 20 g powdered sugar
- 1 g keltrol
- 1.5 g methyl cellulose

Preparations:

for the meringue
1. Sift cocoa powder and powdered sugar together in a bowl, set aside.
2. Make French meringue with egg whites and sugar. Whip to firm peaks.
3. Fold in dry ingredient.
4. Put into a piping bag with plain tip # 2, pipe 3" diameter of four circles and pipe as many long strips meringue as you can.
5. Bake at 200 degrees F for an hour.

for the mousse
1. Melt the chocolate over a bain-marie, set aside and keep it warm to the touch.
2. Beat the butter until smooth, add melted chocolate and beat together until well blended.
3. Make French meringue with egg whites and sugar. Whip to firm peaks.
4. Pour in egg yolks, continue whipping for 30 seconds.
5. Fold 25% of meringue into chocolate mixture to lighten it.
6. Fold in the rest of meringue.
7. Put into a piping bag, pipe into prepared molds (3" dia. x 1-1/2 H).
8. Freeze.

for the foam
1. Using a hand blender with whisk attachment, blend water, puree and sugar together.
2. Add keltrol and methyl cellulose, continue whisking until the foam is dense.
3. Put into a piping bag with plain tip, pipe 4 flowers on a parchment paper.
4. Freeze.



Assembly:

1. Place the chocolate meringue dish on the plate.
2. Unmold the chocolate mouse and put over the chocolate meringue.
3. Cut the long strips meringue into small pieces, place meringue pieces on the mousse.
4. Sprinkle with some powdered sugar and garnish with a frozen strawberry foam.
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