Egg free chocolate Mousse

I'm not going to lie, there are way better mousse recipes but when you're pregnant and can't have raw egg, this will have to do.

*The custard naturally has egg in it but it is store bought and therefor pasteurised.

Ingredients

400 g good quality dark chocolate

600 ml store bough custard

300 ml thickened cream

Pistachio praline

100 g pistachios

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup water

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Method

pour the custard in a pot and heat up. Add the chocolate and stir to melt. Set this mixture aside and allow to cool. Meanwhile beat the cream until stiff peaks form. once the chocolate mixture has cooled, fold in the whipped cream, portion out into cups or pour into a bowl, cover and put in fridge for at least 4 hours, ideally overnight.

For the praline, spread pistachios on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Bring water and sugar to boil and allow it to colour, watching it closely as when the colour starts to turn, it will darken quickly and it's a fine line between yummy caramel and burnt caramel.

Once the caramel is to your liking, quickly pour it over the pistachios and set aside to cool.

Break into pieces and smash some into finer pieces and sprinkle on top of the mousse just before serving.

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