This planet is a very special place. For a number of reasons. One of them is chocolate. And the other is egg. They both make men weak and women swoon, especially if they are molten and runny. How many brown and yellow things can boast of that? We can't always buy a hug, but we sure can buy a little bit of chocolate or fry an egg.
I thought hard and long about what ingredient was essential to me in the kitchen. I adore the humble egg, absolutely and completely. And then there is chocolate. The darker the better. A profound love without any fanfare (unlike the eggs that I gush about to everyone and anyone).
Where eggs are my country rough, chocolate is my silent sophistication. I cannot imagine my days without eggs and my nights without chocolate. In fact if you were marooned on an island with means to make fire, a couple of eggs and a block of chocolate; you would be set for life. Unless of course there was a man-eating tribe residing on the same island or the island was a figment of your imagination, then ...
Coming back to my two essential ingredients, you can create magic with a couple of eggs and a block of chocolate. I decided to use them together to create a simple and naughty dessert perfect for a cold evening, a glass of red and a roaring fire.
If you lived in other parts of this planet where it is hot as hell and everyone is jumping in pools and eating stonefruit, you could slop a dollop of ice cream on this beauty and go at it with a spoon. I made Chocolate Nutella Pots With Boozy Whipped Cream.
There is no baking, just mixing which is absolutely fun. Like a science experiment gone surprisingly right, the chocolate and eggs come together in the form of a gooey rich mousse set in upcycled jam jars. You could make these ahead for a dinner party or barbecue, slap the lids on and refrigerate until ready to use. Make sure you lick your spoons and your fingers too! And now for heaps and heaps of pictures of this luscious dessert, because you can never have enough chocolate or nutella pictures, right?
Recipe
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CHOCOLATE NUTELLA POTS WITH BOOZY CREAM
Ingredients
- 200 g dark chocolate, broken into big pieces
- 1/3 cup water
- 50 g butter, chopped
- 80 g nutella
- 2 eggs, separated
- 1/3 cup caster sugar
- 150 g pure cream
- 50 g pouring cream
- 2 tablespoons icing sugar
- 2 tablespoons Irish Cream Liqueur, (or Rum or Tia Maria or Kahlua)
Instructions
- Combine chocolate, water, butter and Nutella in a heavy-bottomed saucepan on low heat. Stirring constantly for a few minutes, cook the mixture until melted and glossy. Remove from heat and cool.
- Place egg whites in a small bowl and whisk with a hand blender for approximately 4 to 5 minutes until mixture is white, fluffy and forms stiff peaks.
- Place egg yolk and caster sugar in a clean bowl and whisk until pale and creamy.
- Add egg yolk mixture to chocolate mixture and mix with a wooden spoon until thoroughly mixed, thick and glossy. Fold egg whites and mix with the spoon until the mixture is smooth.
- Pour mousse mixture in clean jam jars. Cover with lids and refrigerate for 2 to 3 hours.
- Just before serving whisk pure cream, pouring cream, icing sugar and liqueur in a bowl until thick like buttercream icing. Serve on chocolate mousse.
Note - This post was written for Voices Of Australia 2013 Top 5 Food & Wellbeing Finalists and first appeared here.
i wanted to ask what do you mean by ' pure cream, pouring cream' is it like heavy cream if so what can i substitute it with
I wish I could buy every one of these pictures, frame them, and hang them on my wall. They are that gorgeous! This looks so good it's addictive!
Nutella should come with a warning label. I can eat it with a spoon straight out of the jar. Thanks for the recipe.
Yum... This looks so good. They are so cute in the glass containers. I have to try them! Thanks!
The recipes looks great. I wonder if I can substitute sugar free dark chocolate.
Any idea how many calories per portion?
I've just come across your blog after finding a beautiful picture on pinterest and this looks absolutely divine!! I'm definitely going to try and make this and I can't wait to read through more of your recipes. Thank you 🙂 x
You had me at chocolate, glass of red and roaring fire. Does life get any better in that moment?...
Wow! It makes an impression and looks delicious! For sure I'll try this recipe 😉
Right here, right now. 🙂 The boozy cream was just to get me to look twice, I know.
The shots are too gorgeous, for a moment, I mean just for moment I forgot all about chocolate and stared at the images.
My dream just came true!
Cant express my love for eggs and chocolate better than you have.. Lovely creation.. Pics r great as usual.. Love ur idea of resuing the bottles so creatively.
Life's good when there's chocolate and Nutella. The pics are simply stunning.
I am so happy to have found your blog, everything is a visual treat!
Yes please! You had me at boozy cream. 😉
Oh my! It looks incredible... and now I am hungry for it 🙂
Fantastic, this is why i NEVER skip dessert 😉
Are you KIDDING me!? Dude, this is absolutely gorgeous. I am supposed to be going all green and good and now there is this. And I'm going to go and make them now and you're to blame. Thanks for sharing, stunning pictures as always. xx
Omg!! It's mesmerizing. Almost too delicate to eat.
Almost 😉
A heavenly treat which I would not want to share with anybody! 😉
Cheers,
Rosa
Looks amazing - love the upcycled jars - and made from ingredients I already have around. What fantastic serendipity.
Goodness. Please pass me a spoon. I need to stuff my face with at least 3 jars.
Now that's something I could see myself savouring slowly in front of the telly! Looks deliciously decadent!
I want one of these now!!!
Naughty but nice!
These pots look absolutely divine! Love the boozy cream.
Mmm, that looks delicious! I recently bought a bottle of white chocolate flavoured mock Baileys...I think this would go perfectly!
Oh wow.
I am sitting here at my desk at 9:42am, thinking HOW delicious this would be right now! My mouth is watering 🙂
Excuse me while I clean up this puddle of nutella-related drool that has collected on my desk. These look amazing! And I think they're perfect for winter. There is something about dark chocolate that is warming, even when it's served cold.