Need inspiration for your leftover chestnuts? You won’t regret whipping up this chocolate & chestnut mousse cake - perfect with a cup of tea and some festive telly… 🌰🍰
Delicious recipe courtesy of our guest ODDBOX chef, Georgia @georgia_levy_🧑🍳
Prep time: 30 minutes
Cooking time: 50 minutes
Serves 10-12
Ingredients:
(You can also halve the recipe's ingredients and bake in a 20cm brownie tin for 25 mins at 180C)
*300g raw chestnuts
*250g butter, plus extra to grease
*40g demerara sugar
*150ml whole milk
*125ml double cream, plus extra to serve
*250g 70% cocoa chocolate, broken into pieces
*4 eggs, separated
*150g soft brown sugar
*½ tsp salt
*2 tbsp icing sugar
*Zest of 1 orange
Recipe:
1) Score each chestnut with an ‘x’ using a small, serrated knife. Put them in a pan of boiling water and boil briskly for 20-25 minutes until you can easily peel away the two layers of skin. Allow to cool slightly, then peel while still warm.
2) Preheat the oven to 190C/170C fan/Gas 5. Grease the bottom and sides of a 22cm springform cake tin and sprinkle with the demerara so it’s evenly coated.
3) Place the peeled chestnuts in a saucepan with the milk and cream and simmer for 10 minutes, then transfer to a blender or small processor and blitz to a fine puree. Place the butter and chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering water, making sure the water doesn’t touch the bottom of the bowl. Stir occasionally, until just melted. In a bowl, whisk the egg yolks with the soft brown sugar and salt, then fold in the chestnut purée, then the melted chocolate.
4) In a separate, clean bowl, whisk the egg whites to soft peaks. Stir a couple of spoonfuls into the chocolate mix, then fold the whites into the chocolate, being careful not to over-mix.
5) Pour into the cake tin and place in the oven for 30-35 minutes, or until an inserted skewer comes out clean. It will seem a bit wobbly, but this is what you want. Leave to cool in the tin for 15 minutes, then transfer to a rack to cool on its base. Once cool, dust over the icing sugar and zest over the orange.
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