Cooking With Mickey Volume II: Chocolate Mousse

Cooking With Mickey Volume II: Chocolate Mousse

When you think of Chocolate Mousse, do you picture yourself eating a luscious bowl of Chocolate Mousse at a sidewalk café in France?  How about Florida?  Yes, Mickey Mouse puts out his own cookbooks with many shared recipes from the restaurants of Disneyworld, Disneyland and even the Disney Cruise Line.  You can always get the regular fast food in the Disney Parks like the turkey legs, corn dogs, and of course hamburgers.  But go a step further and step outside the box for the Disney Cuisine that is some of the tastiest and classiest in Disney recipes.  

Disney shares their best recipes in several cookbooks and if you have had food at a Disney Park or a Disney restaurant and love it, don’t be shy to ask for the recipe.  I have the coveted recipe for the chicken skewers at Bengal Barbecue right across from the Indiana Jones ride in Adventureland, Disneyland, (with 2 other recipes on it; the beef and the sauce). I have also asked the chef at the United Kingdom restaurant; Rose & Crown Pub & Dining Room in Disneyworld for the leek sauce recipe on the chicken and the chef came out to tell me how to cook it! Never be afraid to ask a chef, the worst they can do is say no! Many chefs, in my experience, have found it to be the highest compliment!  

Chocolate Mousse

From Boulangerie Patisserie France

EPCOT Disneyworld

5 oz semi sweet chocolate, melted

2 egg yolks, lightly beaten

¼ c. heavy cream

1 tsp. vanilla extract

3 egg whites

¼ c. sugar

You can melt the chocolate chips in the microwave watching them carefully or in a double boiler over boiling water.  Mix together egg yolks and cream and gradually add to melted chocolate, stirring quickly, then add vanilla. Set aside.

Beat egg whites with sugar until whites are stiff and peaks form.  Then gently add the chocolate mixture into the egg whites, stirring gently and mix together.  Spoon mousse into serving bowls and chill for about 2 hours until firm.

This is one of the best and easiest Chocolate Mousse recipes; we all absolutely loved it and will make it again and again! I do recommend that your whipping cream NOT be cold directly from the fridge as your melted chocolate will start to solidify with the cold cream forming small little chunks, (which isn’t actually bad tasting, it just doesn’t make for a smooth texture).