Chocolate Dessert Recipes
Everyone is allowed to be naughty with food, even in the New Year, and these chocolate desserts from Aero are worth being naughty for!
We’ve got recipes for a delicious chocolate roulade as well as a mouth-watering chocolate mousse. Here’s what you’ll need and how to make them –
Chocolate Aero Meringue Roulade
Ingredients:
25g coarsely grated Mint Chocolate Aero
3 eggs whites
175g caster sugar
2 tsp corn flour
1 tsp white wine vinegar
To decorate:
tbsp coarsely grated Mint Chocolate Aero
284mls double cream, whipped until stiff
300g strawberries
Method:
1. Preheat the oven to 140 C /Gas 2
2. Line a 33x23cm Swiss roll tin with non-stick baking parchment.
3. Whisk the egg white until stiff and gradually whisk in the caster sugar 1 tbsp at a time.
4. Whisk in the cornflour, vinegar and vanilla extract.
5. Spoon into the tin, gently level and bake for 30 minutes until the surface is just firm.
6. Dust some baking parchment with icing sugar.
7. Remove meringue from the oven and cover with damp greaseproof paper for 10 minutes.
8. Discard the damp paper and turn the meringue out onto the parchment and peel off the lining paper.
9. Spread the whipped cream over the meringue and scatter the strawberries over the top.
10. Use the parchment to roll from one short end.
11. Carefully transfer the roulade onto a serving plate and sprinkle with grated Mint Chocolate Aero.
Chocolate Mint Aero Mousse
Ingredients:
120g Mint Chocolate Aero, broken into cubes
2 digestive biscuits, crushed
15g butter, melted
8 marshmallows
200g low fat natural yoghurt (or whipping cream)
1 egg white, whisked
Method:
1. Crush the digestive biscuits and add to melted butter and 1 crushed cube Mint Chocolate Aero, mix well and place into the bottom of 4 shot glasses.
2. Reserve another piece of Mint Chocolate Aero for grating.
3. Place the remaining aero into a small bowl and microwave for 1 ½ minutes. (750w). Add the marshmallows and microwave for another 30 seconds.
4. Whisk in ¾ of the yogurt and then fold in the whisked egg white.
5. Pour the mixture into shot glasses and leave to chill in the fridge.
6. Once set, top with the remaining yoghurt and sprinkle reserved grated Aero on top.
Have you tried any of these recipes? Let us know your thoughts by commenting below or tweeting us @FemaleFirst_UK
Cara Mason @cara_mason