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KATHY KREVAT: My husband, Lee, makes the best chocolate mousse! It’s very rich – not fluffy – and has an intense chocolate flavor. We make it only for dinner with guests so we don’t eat it all ourselves. Below are the results for a dinner for eight.
We’ll be making it again for our annual New Year’s Day Brunch, which is more of an open house, so people can drift in when they finally wake up. For that, we’ll put it into small plastic cups to serve at least thirty.
Chocolate mousse has nothing to do with my new Gourmet Cat Mystery series, but I didn’t think a cat food recipe would be as delicious. And what human doesn't love chocolate mouse -- er, mousse?
Lee has used this recipe for over 30 years. The only time it hasn’t worked is when he didn’t use whole milk and when the milk wasn’t hot enough. Please note that it uses 3 raw eggs and take necessary precautions.
Bon appétit!
Lee’s Simple Chocolate Mousse
1 cup hot milk - must be very, very hot - enough to boil (see instructions below)12 oz. semi-sweet chocolate chips
½ cup sugar (or less depending on taste)
3 eggs
Note: The higher quality chocolate you use, the better the taste!
Pour chips into blender. Put milk in microwave and heat for one minute. Test the temperature. Then heat in 30 second increments until it is almost boiling.
Meanwhile, beat eggs in a small bowl.
Pour hot milk over chocolate chips. Blend until smooth. Add eggs to mixture and blend until mixed well. Add sugar to mixture and blend until mixed well.
Pour into serving dishes. Refrigerate for minimum 2 hours. Serve with or without whipped cream.
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Single mom and
gourmet cat food entrepreneur Colbie Summers thought she’d escaped her tiny
California hometown forever. But when her father needs her, she packs up her
adolescent son, their finicky feline, Trouble, and her budding business. She
knows change is tough—but she doesn’t expect it to be murder . . .
Between dealing with her newly rural life, her grumpy, sports-obsessed father, and preparing to showcase her products in the local Sunnyside Power Mom’s trade show, Colbie has more on her plate than she bargained for. Luckily, she has her official taste-tester, Trouble, by her side to vet her
Meowio Batali Gourmet Cat Food line. Things look promising—until one of the Power Moms is found dead—with an engraved Meowio specialty knife buried in her chest.
As the prime suspect, Colbie needs paws on the ground to smoke out who had means, motive, and opportunity among the networking mothers—including a husband-stealing Sofia Vergara lookalike. And the cat’s still not out of the bag when a second violent death rocks the bucolic community. Trouble may have nine lives, but Colbie’s only got one to clear her name and stop a killer from pulling off the purr-fect crime . . .
Between dealing with her newly rural life, her grumpy, sports-obsessed father, and preparing to showcase her products in the local Sunnyside Power Mom’s trade show, Colbie has more on her plate than she bargained for. Luckily, she has her official taste-tester, Trouble, by her side to vet her
Meowio Batali Gourmet Cat Food line. Things look promising—until one of the Power Moms is found dead—with an engraved Meowio specialty knife buried in her chest.
As the prime suspect, Colbie needs paws on the ground to smoke out who had means, motive, and opportunity among the networking mothers—including a husband-stealing Sofia Vergara lookalike. And the cat’s still not out of the bag when a second violent death rocks the bucolic community. Trouble may have nine lives, but Colbie’s only got one to clear her name and stop a killer from pulling off the purr-fect crime . . .
Kathy Krevat is the
author of the GOURMET CAT MYSTERY series and the nationally bestselling
CHOCOLATE COVERED MYSTERY series under the name Kathy Aarons.
She lives in San Diego with her husband of
twenty-five years, close to the beach, their two grown daughters and Philz
coffee. Kathy’s an avid supporter of youth arts education and serves as
president of the San Diego chapter of Sisters in Crime.
