Shelly's Recipe

WHITE CHOCOLATE MOUSSE WITH FRANGELICA

Category: Mousse

8 oz white chocolate, broken into small pieces
1 cup unsalted butter
6 eggs, separated,
1 cup sifted confectioners sugar
1 cup Frangelico liqueur
2 cups whipping cream, cold
Pinch cream of tartar
Unsweetened cocoa powder or grated dark chocolate

Melt white chocolate in butter in a small saucepan, stirring constantly. Set aside. Beat yolks, sugar and liqueur until mixture forms a slowly dissolving ribbon when the beaters are lifted.

Pour mixture into top of a double boiler and cook, whisking constantly, over simmer water until very thick, about 4 minutes. Remove to a large mixing bowl. Whisk in white chocolate mixture and stir until smooth and cool. Beat cream until peaks are stiff.

In a separate bowl with clean beaters, beat egg whites with cream of tartar until stiff but not dry. Gently fold whites into chocolate mixture; then fold in whipped cream. Refrigerate, covered until set, about 3 hours. Spoon chilled mousse into individual goblets. Sprinkle with cocoa or grated chocolate.