The delicious mousse au chocolat can be easily transformed into a vegan dessert with a few modifications. In this article, we will tell you which ingredients you need and how best to proceed.
Vegan mousse au chocolat – Here’s how
For the plant-based version of the French dessert, you will need 400 grams of silken tofu, 170 grams of vegan chocolate, 1 packet of vanilla sugar and 1 tablespoon of brown sugar.
- First place the tofu in a colander and let it drain for about 2 to 3 hours.
- Now take your vegan chocolate and cut it into small pieces.
- Then melt the chocolate using a water bath or the microwave.
- Then add the brown sugar and vanilla sugar to the chocolate and mix well.
- Using an immersion blender, blend the tofu into a puree. Then add the chocolate mixture and blend until smooth.
- Then pour the finished mousse au chocolat into small bowls and top with 20 grams of chopped chocolate.
- Before the dessert is served, you should put it in the fridge for a few hours.
Plant-based recipe: white chocolate mousse
A delicious alternative to the usual recipe is the white mousse au chocolat. To prepare this variant vegan, you need: 400 milliliters vegan cream, 200 grams vegan white chocolate, 3/4 teaspoon vanilla powder, 1/2 teaspoon agar agar and agave syrup.
- First, put 100 milliliters of the cream in a saucepan.
- Add the agar agar and stir the cream well.
- Bring the mixture to a boil and then cook for about 2 minutes.
- After that, the mixture must cool down.
- In the meantime, whip up the remaining 300 milliliters of the cream and mix it with the agar-cream mix.
- Then put the mixture in the fridge.
- Chop the chocolate and melt it in a water bath or in the microwave.
- Add the chocolate to the cream mixture and beat again. Also add the vanilla powder and agave syrup, if you like.
- Finally, place the finished mousse au chocolat in the fridge for a few hours before serving.