Easy Chocolate Mousse

Ingredients

Mousse

• 1 cup bittersweet chocolate, chopped
• 2 Tablespoons butter
• 1/2 cup brewed strong coffee, cooled
• 3 large egg whites, at room temperature
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 3 Tablespoons granulated sugar
• 16 ladyfinger cookies
• 1/4 cup strong coffee for dipping
• (Serves 4-6)

Directions

1. Have ready 6 serving cups
2. Melt the chocolate and butter in a metal bowl placed over a pot of simmering water, stir gently until melted.
3. Remove from the heat and allow to cool.
4. Whip the cream to soft peaks and stir in the coffee.
5. In a clean bowl, whip the egg whites with the salt until foamy, then gradually add the sugar while continuing to whip the whites until they hold a soft peak.
6. Fold the whipped cream into the cooled chocolate in 2 additions.
7. Fold in the whites all at once.
8. When you are ready to serve, add a layer of mousse to a cup, then dip 1-2 lady fingers quickly into the brewed coffee.
9. Place lady finger on top of mousse.
10. Repeat with mousse and lady fingers until the cups are filled.