Chocolate Mouse

Ingredients

                Chocolate
6              Large Egg Whites
4oz           Whipping Cream

Buy the best quality chocolate that you can find and that melts properly. If you use a regular chocolate bar you might as well throw in the wrapper it might actually make it better. I have not included the amount of chocolate because it really depends on how much chocolate taste you want. If you use a dark chocolate you will need less than if you use milk or white chocolate. Typically the size of the bar should be about 5 cubic inches.

Begin by cutting the chocolate into as small pieces as possible to make melting easy. Melt the chocolate in a double boiler. If you don't have a double boiler simply use two pots about the same size. Put about 1/4 to 1/2 water in the larger pot and bring the water to a boil. Place the chocolate in the other pot and hold the second pot over the water pot. Make sure that the chocolate pot does not come into contact with the boiling water. Once the chocolate is completely melted put the pot aside and let it begin to cool. Take the egg whites and whip them till the are completely opaque and stiff, also whip the whipping cream. Use a rubber spatula to scoop the egg whites into a large bowl. The reason to scoop the egg whites into another bowl is that there is usually a small amount that remains liquid and you don't want that in the moose. Slowly add the cooled but still melted chocolate into the egg whites while continually folding the egg whites and chocolate together. Folding is a technique of mixing ingredients that minimizes the disturbance to the ingredients. Typically this is done by scooping whatever is on the bottom and brining it to the top. In a sense this is stirring vertically rather than the normal horizontal stirring. Even so be as gentle as possible - this preserves the air that has been whisked into the egg whites and gives the mouse it light texture. Once the egg whites and chocolate are mixed add the whipping cream and fold it in. Finally pipe, scoop, pour the mouse into wine glasses or whatever you want to serve the mouse in. Put some plastic wrap over the glass and put the glasses into the fridge for 8 hours.

Garnish with a dollop of whipped cream with a couple of mint leaves.