Chocolate Mousse Recipe 1

• 2 squares unsweetened chocolate
• ½ cup powdered sugar
• 1 cup cream
• ¾ tablespoon granulated gelatine
• 3 tablespoons boiling water
• ¾ cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 quart cream

1. Melt chocolate, add powdered sugar, and gradually one cup cream.
2. Stir over fire until boiling-point is reached, then add gelatine dissolved in boiling water, sugar, and vanilla.
3. Strain mixture into a bowl, set in a pan of ice-water, stir constantly until mixture thickens, then fold in the whip from remaining cream.
4. Mould, pack in salt and ice, and let stand four hours.

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