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Question posted: 01-24-2010 by Annnie
 
I have an exchange student staying with me from Switzerland. She made a Toberlone mousse. And I have a question on how the eggs should have been prepared/added.

The link to the recipe is: http://www.toblerone.ch/toblerone1/page?locale=chde1&PagecRef=635

I used google translator (http://translate.google.com/#) to convert the web page from German to English and the section on adding the eggs is unclear. From what I can tell it wants you to use the entire egg, not just the egg whites. ("Eggs and powdered sugar in a separate bowl until foamy until the mixture is light, immediately give the chocolate and mix well.") And when she added them to the chocolate, they were basically scrambled eggs with sugar. So my question is, should they have been fluffy like a marange and they were just not beat long enough?

I really love the mousse, it is very amazing, but just want to ensure when I try to recreate it, I am doing it correctly.
 
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Answer posted on 01-28-2010 by GFG

Hi Annie,

Thanks for your question.

I checked the link you provided and Google translated the recipe fairly well. Here's our translation, along with some suggestions in parenthesis.

The recipe calls for 2 whole eggs (for best results use room temperature or slightly warmed eggs - you can warm them by soaking the eggs in warm water - warm eggs beat up more foamy). In a separate bowl, combine the eggs and powdered sugar (probably best to sift the powdered sugar to get rid of any lumps). Beat until the egg mixture gets foamy and light in color.

The recipe says to add the eggs to the melted chocolate and mix well. (If the chocolate is too hot, it will scramble the eggs if you combine all of it at once. Try using a process called "tempering." This is where you add just a little bit of chocolate to the egg mixture to bring the temperature of the eggs up slowly - make sure you are mixing the eggs while you drizzle in some chocolate. Once this first amount of chocolate has been incorporated into the egg mixture (should just take a few seconds) you can then drizzle the rest of the chocolate in ... but continue to mix while you are doing this.)

Let us know how it turns out!
 
 
 
 
 
 
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