Description
Elegant chocolate mousse domes featuring dark, milk, and white chocolate layers for a multi-textured dessert experience.
Ingredients
Scale
- 6 oz dark chocolate, chopped
- 6 oz milk chocolate, chopped
- 6 oz white chocolate, chopped
- 2 cups (480 ml) heavy cream, cold
- 3 large egg whites (room temperature)
- 1/4 cup (50 g) granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup (60 ml) water
- 1 packet (about 2 1/4 tsp / 7 g) gelatin (optional, for stabilization)
- Crisp base or soft sponge for serving (e.g., tuile, cookie crumb, or 8 small sponge rounds)
Instructions
- Prepare molds: Lightly oil dome molds if they’re not silicone; line a tray that fits them. Bring a chilled bowl and whisk for whipping cream.
- Melt the dark chocolate: Set a heatproof bowl over simmering water. Add chopped dark chocolate and stir until melted and smooth. Remove from heat and let cool slightly.
- Whip cream for dark layer: Whip 1 cup of the heavy cream to soft peaks. Fold one-third of the whipped cream into the melted dark chocolate to loosen, then gently fold in the remaining whipped cream until homogenous.
- Fill molds with dark layer: Spoon or pipe the dark chocolate mousse into the dome molds to form the first layer. Smooth gently and freeze until set, about 30–45 minutes.
- Melt milk chocolate: Repeat melting process with milk chocolate. Whip 1/2 cup of heavy cream to soft peaks and fold into the milk chocolate. If using liqueur, add now.
- Add milk layer: Remove the dark layer from the freezer and carefully spoon the milk chocolate mousse on top. Return to freezer and let set fully, ~30–45 minutes.
- Melt white chocolate: Melt white chocolate the same way. Whip the remaining 1/2 cup of cream and fold into white chocolate.
- Finish domes: Add white chocolate mousse to top of molds. Smooth and freeze until fully set, 1–2 hours or overnight.
- Unmold and plate: Warm the molds briefly and release domes carefully. Place each dome on a crisp base or soft sponge before serving.
- Optional final touches: Dust with cocoa, shave chocolate, or pour a mirror glaze for a high-shine finish.
Notes
Avoid overmixing when folding whipped cream into chocolate. Ensure each layer is set before adding the next to keep clean layers.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Chilling, Melting
- Cuisine: French
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 dome
- Calories: 610
- Sugar: 30g
- Sodium: 50mg
- Fat: 46g
- Saturated Fat: 27g
- Unsaturated Fat: 19g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 42g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 7g
- Cholesterol: 60mg