Light choco-raspberry mousse

My mother's favourite dessert

This chocolate-raspberry mousse recipe is the perfect dessert to share with the woman in your life this Mother's Day. Pleasantly sweet and light, this lightly proteinated dessert can even be eaten on the go. breakfast. This chocolate-raspberry mousse is the perfect complement to your Mother's Day brunch, lunch or dinner!

Preparation : 30 minutes 

Chilling time : 2 hours

Serving size : 6 - 8  

Level : intermediate/advanced

Culinary tools : food processor, hand blender (mixer)

Ingredients

• 1 package (284 g) fresh or frozen raspberries (thawed)
• 100 g chocolate + a few shavings for decoration
• 3 eggs (whites and yolks separated)
• 2 tablespoons brown cane sugar
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 scoop powdered Botanica Perfect Chocolate Protein Powder*

*Protein powder is not essential to the success of this recipe, but it greatly increases the nutritional value (20 g protein, 5 g fiber, 5 mg iron, and several amino acids).

Approach

1. Place the raspberries in a food processor and grind to a purée.
2. Over a medium-sized bowl, strain the raspberry purée through a fine sieve to remove the seeds. If you don't have a fine sieve, simply use a nut bag or clean nylon stocking.
3. Chop the chocolate and place in a bain-marie. Melt the chocolate, stirring constantly.
4. Remove the chocolate from the heat and add the egg yolks, raspberry purée, baking powder and sugar. Botanica Perfect Protein and sugar. Stir vigorously and set aside.
5. Place egg whites and salt in a medium bowl. Using a hand mixer, beat the egg whites until stiff.
6. Gradually add the egg whites to the chocolate-raspberry mixture, stirring gently with a flexible spatula. The egg whites should remain frothy, yet blend evenly with the chocolate and raspberry purée.
7. Divide the chocolate-raspberry mousse between 6 to 8 verrines. Decorate with a few shavings of semi-dark chocolate and refrigerate for at least two hours.
8. Keep the mousse refrigerated until ready to serve.

Happy Mother's Day

About the author

Naturopaths of La Boite à Grains

Team of licensed and certified naturopaths (ND) in Gatineau, Outaouais.

Original article written by Véronique Cousineau, Naturopath