Chocolate Mousse Log with Raspberry Compote Insert
A bittersweet treat to delight your diners. Total time 80 minutes + 3 hours setting time. Makes 10 desserts.
Ingredients
Raspberry compote filling
- Frozen rasberries 400 Gram
- Caster sugar 80 Gram
- Lemon juice 40 Millilitres
- Water 80 Millilitres
Chocolate Mousse
- Chilled milk 560 Millilitres
- Nestle Docello Chocolate Mousse mix 20 Grams
- (makes 10 logs and extra to finish)
Shortbread
- Caster sugar 84 Grams
- Unsalted butter 174 Grams
- All-purpose flour 258 Grams
- PLAISTOWE Premium Dutch Process Cocoa 36 Grams
- Salt 3.5 Grams
- Egg 1 Whole
Chocolate glaze 70%
- PLAISTOWE 70% Cocoa Dark Chocolate Couverture 300 Grams
- Vegetable oil 250 Millilitres
Preparation
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1Rasberry compote filling: Put all ingredients into a pot and boil till it slightly thickens.
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2Remove from heat and leave aside till completely cooked.
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3Chocolate mousse: Whip milk and mousse mix till velvety and light.
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4Pipe mousse into a rectangle mould half way, using a crank handle small pallet knife, push mousse against sides of the mould.
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5Cover with more mousse and pallet knife flat.
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6Freeze till completely frozen.
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7Shortbread: Preheat oven to 180˚c.
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8Combine in a stand mixer butter, sugar, flour, cocoa powder and salt together.
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9Add the egg and mix until dough forms.
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10Rest the dough for 1 hour.
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11Roll out till 2mm and cut to desired size.
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12Bake for 12-15 minutes
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13Chocolate glaze 70%: Melt chocolate and add oil
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14Mix together till combined.
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15Finishing the dessert: Demould the mousse logs, stick two toothpicks on top and dip the log into the glaze just over half way (glaze should be 35˚c).
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16Scrape off excess and place onto baking paper.
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17Place back into freezer till glaze is firm.
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18With left over mousse, fill a piping bag with a nozzle.
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19Place shortbread onto plate followed by the mousse log.
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20Pipe mousse in a motion from side to side.
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21Decorate with whipped cream and fresh raspberries.