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chocolate orange mousse

chocolate orange mousse - look, there's an orange in the background and everything!

As a birthday treat for a friend, I decided to make him chocolate mousse with an orangey twist.

It’s a fairly classic recipe; dark chocolate melted over simmering water with a knob of butter. As it cools I stir in three egg yolks, the rind of an orange plus orange juice.

Meanwhile over in the blender I whisk up the egg whites with icing sugar until light and glossy. The whipped egg whites are going to trap thousands of lovely air bubbles that make the velvet finish. Then the chocolate mix is folded in a bit at a time until stirred through. The whole lot is dribbled into pots and left in the fridge overnight to set into a dark, sweet, moreish dessert.

chocolate orange mousse:

150g dark chocolate (lots of cocoa solids please!), broken

knob of butter

1 orange

3 eggs, separated

100g icing sugar

  1. Melt dark chocolate in a bowl over simmering water with butter and two teaspoons of juice from the orange.
  2. When the chocolate has cooled, mix in 2 egg yolks.
  3. Meanwhile whisk the egg whites with icing sugar until glossy and soft peaks form.
  4. Fold the chocolate into the egg whites a spoonful at a time until incorporated.
  5. Pour into ramekins and set overnight in the fridge, or for at least 4 hours.
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egg food

scotch eggs

I bloody adore a scotch egg. But only a good one, I hate some of those sweaty little supermarket ones with grainy squishy meat and fart-smelling egg. With a picnic coming up, I wanted to make some of my own.

I started with eggs (natch) simmered for nine minutes, which achieves a doneness that all are happy with. Once cooled under running water I peel them. Meanwhile I peel and mash up sausages with some sage, lemon zest and nutmeg. Then I blitz some leftover bread for breadcrumbs.

Now it’s an assembly job: egg shrouded in a flattened circle of sausagemeat, dipped in flour, then beaten egg, then breadcrumbs. Fry for five minutes or les until golden brown throughout. Drain on paper and devour with an eye-watering mustard.

The picnic never happened, but we enjoyed the eggs all the same.

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eating out egg food potatoes sausages

eggs, sausage, grits and potatoes

Eisenberg’s, opposite the flatiron building. A famous sandwich joint from 1929, at which we grabbed the above breakfast. It wasn’t the food that made it, more the 60+ yr old guy behind the counter gabbing on about his sick mother, his rich aunt, and being invited to Amish reservations. Hilarious and memorable.

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