If I had to name one thing I couldn’t live without…well, it would be difficult to decide, but I’m sure chocolate would be in the list of candidates. This is why I was so excited when I found this recipe: a chocolate mousse with only two ingredients: chocolate and water. Yes, no cream, no eggs, nothing. Sounds impossible? Give it a try. I didn’t believe it would work at the beginning either, so I used a 55% cheap chocolate …wrong! Since you only have chocolate and water, your mousse will be as tasty as the chocolate.
I recommend using an electrical mixer at the beginning: it can take a little to thicken (three or four minutes) and then switching to a hand whisk, because once it starts to thicken it thickens really fast. Actually, the first time I whisked too much and ended with a giant chocolate truffle which I had to melt to whisk again.
The key is the temperature change. You have to transfer the hot and melted chocolate and water mixture into a bowl inside another bigger bowl, filled with water and ice (like a bain-marie, but in cold). Be sure to use enough ice or even better, put water in a plastic bottle and put it in the freezer until it’s really cold (at least 30 minutes). If the water is not cold enough, you can be whisking forever. Oh, and use a big enough mixing bowl. It turned out that mine wasn’t, so after I finished my hands, arms, the kitchen sink and part of the walls were covered in chocolate. If the splashes where red instead of brown, it would have looked like the scene of a multiple murder.
For some reason, it tasted better the next day. Because I must warn you: this is a mousse for serious chocolate lovers. It’s so thick and rich that you will have enough with a few spoonfuls. But strangely enough, after a day it lost part of the overpowering chocolate taste. Next time I’ll try with a higher quality chocolate and maybe orange juice or soy milk instead of water. It would also make a perfect cake filling and this morning I used it as a chocolate spread on my toast.
Easy chocolate mousse
Be careful to don’t overbeat it! It must have the consistency of a double cream. There is a video on Youtube when you can see how it should look. Use a high percentage cocoa chocolate, at least 70%.
From: Café Fernando
Serves: 4-5
Ingredients
130 ml water
150g chocolate
1 tbsp sugar (optional)
Put water with ice into a large bowl and set aside. Or put a bottle in the freezer for half or until is very cold (but obviously not frozen)
Melt the chocolate, the water and the sugar (if using).Put the mixture in a smaller mixing bowl and the mixing bowl inside the bigger bowl with water. Whisk until you see it begins to think. It can take a few minutes, but be patient. You can use it as cake filling, chocolate spread or eat it as a traditional mousse.
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I hope you fogive me (again) for my Internet absence, but I’ve been busy walking along streets in pyjamas and a pillow and hanging upside down. I have many photo ideas in mind, but some of them present serious complications. Like the necessity of a ridiculous amount of cotton wool. A consequence of having more imagination than resources. Sigh.
Running barefoot have some minuses too. 
Looks divine! And sounds so simple and so versatile! Thanks
the chocolate mousse looks so good! need to give it a try sometime. oh and by the way, love your photos lately! can’t wait to see more of your ideas in photos!
Wowwwwwww! That’s a crazy recipe! Will try, today
Can’t believe it works, really, but if it does, that’ll be so great cuz I love chocolate mousse.
And by the way: as usual, I love your photos!
Woo! al final has fet la mus de xocolata té molt bona pinta, potser un dia provo de fer-ne,
tot i que no em conve gaire
Mirava el teu blog perque el meu pare bol fer-se un blog de cuina, i crec que podries recomanar-me algun per comensar ja que m’ha demanat que l’ajudi amb el tema ordinadors xD
Seguim parlant en un altre moment, un peto.
Pau
Hey! Found your blog through ‘Food Blog Forum’ and already loving it!
This recipe is too good to be true!! I mean a chocolate mousse this healthy is just amazing! I LOVE chocolate but hate the amount of cream, butter, sugar and everything that comes with any good chocolate recipe!! I must try this
I also really love your style of photography… it’s very unique
Glad i found your blog and will definitely follow it !
Cheers
Thanks!
A recipe that is entirely chocolate is entirely to my taste but I will buy some very fine 95% cocoa content chocolate and try it that way. Orange works extremely well with chocolate and the only downside is that I might become even more obsessed with this mousse… in fact, when I scanned down from the recipe to the bottom of the page I momentarily thought that your feet were splattered with chocolate in the photo… (seriously, loved the photos too)
The photos are simply lip moistening! What’s more fascinating is the fact that this recipe only needs water and chocolate powder. I’m going to give this a shot, and maybe I’ll treat our elders with a spoonful of this delectable delight.