Chocolate mousse disaster

[mikeymike99]

I tried to make a chocolate mousse just using eggs, sugar and chocolate. The problem was when I added the egg yolks to the melted chocolate, the whole mixture went into a hard dough-like ball and I had to throw the results away. The eggs had been left out overnight so weren't cold. Does anyone know a way of salvaging the mixture if the chocolate goes hard when yolks are added. I thought about heating but worried I'd just end up cooking the egg/chocolate mixture.

[woofgang]

why are you using sugar? I don't know of any way of salvaging your disaster (but you have chucked it anyway) the classic mousse recipe uses 1 ounce of chocolate per medium or large egg. You melt the chocolate and let it cool to blood heat, whisk in the egg yolks, whisk the whites to soft peak, stir in one spoonful into the chocolate mix, fold in the rest, put into serving dishes and chill.
Be careful using raw egg in food for the elderly, babies frail and/or immuno compromised people.

[kia cat]

Mikey. I've added to this recipe I found on the net. Follow it step by step and you can't go wrong.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/2ua28ac

[woozer]

You may have overheated the chocolate - it is very tricksy stuff and the texture changes quite quickly if you are not careful with the heat when you melt it.