Well, I tried to make a chocolate mousse today and it was a mess. I think I put the eggs in the chocolate when the chocolate was still to hot but I'm not sure.
The recipe called for the chocolate to be melted, butter to be added one Tab. at a time, then pinch of salt and vanilla. Fine so far. Now whisk in 4 eggs yolks one at a time. The first two went over fine (at least it still looked smooth) and then when it got to the last two, they were broken so I added them pretty much together and it ended up looking like dark brown cottage cheese. Nasty looking. I was doing this in a double boiler. I started to take it off the heat a couple times but when I did it got so thick I thought I wouldn't be able to stir it so back on the heat.
If anyone has some pointers I sure would like to try this again.
The recipe called for the chocolate to be melted, butter to be added one Tab. at a time, then pinch of salt and vanilla. Fine so far. Now whisk in 4 eggs yolks one at a time. The first two went over fine (at least it still looked smooth) and then when it got to the last two, they were broken so I added them pretty much together and it ended up looking like dark brown cottage cheese. Nasty looking. I was doing this in a double boiler. I started to take it off the heat a couple times but when I did it got so thick I thought I wouldn't be able to stir it so back on the heat.
If anyone has some pointers I sure would like to try this again.
Yep I think your chocolate was too hot,what you need to do is temper your yolks or they risk getting cooked like scrambled eggs.Make sure your chocolate isn't real, real hot take your yolks and put them all in a bowl mix them a bit add a little chocolate at a time to yolks add enough to warm yolks up and it looks a little like a sauce,then slowly add that mix slowly into chocolate and the continue to cook.
