This is an incredibly simple, very delicious chocolate mousse. Some people put in cream and vanilla essence and all sorts, but you really don’t need it!

Ingredients:
200g dark chocolate
6 eggs

Instructions:

1. Break the chocolate and put it into a bowl
2. Separate egg whites from yolks. Put the whites into a different bowl, and the yolks in a mug for now.
3. Whisk the egg whites until they’re stiff - they’ll form a thick almost sponge-looking mass, which if you tilt the bowl slightly (and carefully!) will move as one; it’ll take about five minutes.
4. Melt the chocolate - I usually just do this in the microwave - then stir in the egg yolks (it’ll get quite thick and rough looking).
5. Whip in the egg whites - just using a fork, put a little at a time of the egg white mass into the chocolate and whip (to keep the air in, make sure you’re using a up/out down/round motion rather than stirring, almost like folding in the whites). Whip in all the egg whites this way.
6. Pour into a presentation bowl or, if you like, here’s where you can get fancy by adding a little alcoholic flavouring (Baileys or rum is good) and if it’s for a dinner party, pour into separate small bowls which when you serve you can add some whipped cream on top).
7. Put into the fridge for around an hour, or until you’re ready to serve.

It usually takes me less than fifteen minutes to prepare, and tastes gorgeous!