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Chocolate Mousse with Mint Pesto on Fruit Salad (Anna Hofbauer)

5 from 4 votes
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Course Dinner
Cuisine European
Servings 4 people
Calories 297 kcal

Ingredients
 

For the chocolate mousse

  • 200 g Chocolate 70% cocoa
  • 4 Pc. Eggs
  • 250 ml Cream
  • 50 g Sugar
  • 50 g Butter

For the mint pesto

  • 2 bunch Mint leaves
  • 100 ml Honey liquid
  • 20 g Roasted pine nuts
  • 20 g Cashews
  • Sea salt
  • Olive oil
  • 0,5 Pc. Lime

fruit salad

  • 150 g Strawberries
  • 2 Pc. Banana
  • 0,5 Pc. Pineapple
  • 0,5 Pc. Melon
  • Sugar

Instructions
 

For the chocolate mousse

  • Melt the chocolate in a water bath. Separate eggs. Beat the egg whites and egg whites and whip the cream separately without adding anything. Refrigerate
  • Beat the butter, sugar and egg yolk until creamy. Add liquid chocolate while beating constantly. Continue stirring until a tough brown mass has formed. Carefully fold in the egg whites and then the cream. Pour the mousse into small molds / glasses / bowls and refrigerate (1 day).

For the mint pesto and the fruit salad

  • Mix the mint leaves, honey, seeds and a pinch of salt and stir up with olive oil. Work in lime juice just before serving. Pour the pesto over the fruit salad (fruit of your choice, e.g. strawberries, banana, pineapple, melon - cut into pieces and mix with a little sugar)

Nutrition

Serving: 100gCalories: 297kcalCarbohydrates: 32.6gProtein: 2.6gFat: 17.4g
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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 25 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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