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Chocolate & Pistachio Mousse

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Chocolate & Pistachio Mousse is delicious, intensely chocolaty mousse with added pistachio paste – a match made in heaven!

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At Christmas time (or whenever you are entertaining) you want as little stress and fuss in the kitchen as possible. So a great great dessert is one you can prepare ahead and just pull out of the fridge in its own serving dish and place on the table. Step up Chocolate & Pistachio Mousse! I remember as a child visiting my grandmother and more often than not dessert would be something she’d already prepared in a stemmed glass goblet. She knew that as we lived quite far away, time spent with us was more important than standing out in the kitchen!

Chocolate & Pistachio Mousse in a glass sundae dish

So with this in mind I have given an old classic recipe from my school days a festive twist to bring you Chocolate & Pistachio Mousse.

Dark chocolate and pistachio nuts are very good for you and as there is a relatively small amount of cream and no sugar in this mousse I don’t think you need to feel too guilty about eating it!

It’s rich but it’s also crammed full of nutrients eg did you know that 100 g of dark chocolate provides 67% of your daily recommended intake of iron? Pistachios are a good source of copper, manganese, phosphorous and vitamin B6.

So at a time of year where you can feel quite run down I think this dessert is the perfect nutritional boost you need! Not only is it nutritious but it’s so delicious!

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My family loved this Chocolate & Pistachio Mousse with it is intensely chocolatey flavour, subtle back note of pistachio and the vivid green chopped pistachios on top. In my grandmothers day her desserts usually had angelica and a glacé cherry adorning the whipped cream – I for one am glad we’ve moved away from that tradition. Did anyone ever enjoy eating angelica?

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I’m sure you’ll love this chocolate mousse, if you make it do share with me tagging @FabFood4All on social media or leave me a comment!

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Chocolate & Pistachio Mousse

A delicious, intensely chocolaty, chocolate mousse with the addition of pistachio - a match made in heaven!
Course Dessert
Cuisine British
Prep Time 18 minutes
Cook Time 3 minutes
Total Time 21 minutes
Servings 4
Author Camilla Hawkins

Ingredients

  • 100 g 70% Dark Chocolate
  • 3 eggs separated
  • 2 tbsp Double cream
  • 1 tsp Green pistachio paste you could leave this out if wished
  • Decoration:
  • Extra double cream whipped
  • A few chopped green pistachios

Instructions

  • Melt the chocolate in a large bowl over a pan of simmering water.
  • Mix in the egg yolks.
  • Take off the heat and stir in the double cream.
  • Whisk the egg whites and fold in the pistachio paste.
  • Then fold the egg white mixture into the chocolate mixture.
  • Divide between 4 glass stemmed dishes or ramekins.
  • Chill for about 20 minutes before decorating with whipped double cream and chopped pistachios.
  • Chill for at least 2 hrs before serving.

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  4. A S,Edinburgh

    This looks wonderful; I hardly ever get round to cooking/baking with pistachios, but I do love them!

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  5. su williams

    My two favourite ingredients, I am definitely going to give this recipe a try, it looks so easy to make and delicious too

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  6. Susan B

    Ha ha! As soon as I saw the word mousse my finger involuntarily opened up the recipe.

    This was one of the first cold desserts I learnt to make as a child and I have loved it ever since. I particularly like your addition of pistachios both for texture and colour. For some reason, it is de rigueur to decorate many sweet desserts with a sprig of mint but I’ve never understood why. Bring on the pistachios!

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  26. Kate | The Veg Space

    These look really lovely Camilla, I love the combination of chocolate and pistachio, and they look really festive – a nice change from heavy, boozy, fruity puddings at this time of year!

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  40. K Mayers

    I must admit that you’ve put together two things I absolutely love here – chocolate & pistachios! This one is a must for me – and easy to make too 🙂

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