THE DISH
Chocolate mousse with strawberries
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CHEF'S TIP
I would suggest making the mousse a day ahead ahead so it sets well before serving.
INGREDIENTS
Serves 8
Chocolate mousse
200g dark chocolate
100g sugar
4 egg yolks
400ml whipped cream
100ml cream
Strawberries
1 punnet of strawberries
100g of sugar
Banana Sable
600g plain flour
120g corn flour
720g icing sugar
400g almond meal
100g dehydrated coconut
225g banana chips ground
720g butter (diced small)
8g sea salt
175g melted white chocolate
Vanilla ice-cream
METHOD
Chocolate mousse
1. Melt chocolate over a bain-marie.
2. Turn sugar into caramel then add 100ml of cream, add melted chocolate, whisk in egg yolks and allow to cool.
3. Whip the remaining cream, fold through chocolate mix and set in fridge.
Strawberries
1. Cut in four (length ways), mix in with sugar and let stand in a bowl for an hour until a juice forms in the bottom of the bowl.
Banana sable
1. Using your hands, make a crumb of all ingredients (except the melted white chocolate).
2. Start with butter and sugar and add ingredients one of by one until coarsely combined.
3. Spread into a tray covered with baking paper, bake at 180 degrees for 8 minutes, stir well and bake for another 4 minutes.
4. Remove from oven, put mixture into a bowl and let it cool down.
5. Fold in the melted white chocolate.
6. To serve, place two table spoons of banana sable crumble on the plate and make a wheel. On top, place a kernel of chocolate mousse on the side and the drained strawberries on the other. Place a scoop of ice-cream on top of the strawberries.
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