White Chocolate Mousse with Riesling
A rich, creamy and silky White Chocolate Mousse with a fresh crisp hint of white grapes. This will be perfect for Valentine’s Day!
Hi guys! I’m bringing you another Valentine’s Day inspired recipe today. This White Chocolate Mousse with Riesling and raspberries is my selection for this month’s Pass the Cook Book Club! If you are new around here, Pass the Cook Book club, created by Kita of Pass the Sushi, is group that encourages its members to dust off their ever growing collections of unloved unused cookbooks and challenge themselves to try more recipes. Each month, three recipes are chosen from a selected cookbook and club members can pick the recipe they want to try and we all post on the same day. However, you don’t need a blog to participate. There is a Facebook group to share your chosen recipe.
This month, Kita handed the reigns to Christiane from Taking on Magazines who selected The Silver Palate Good Times Cookbook and picked three scrumptious recipes for us to try: Seafood Lasagna, Vegetable Pot Pie and this White Chocolate Mousse. I really wanted to try the seafood lasagna but I live with a crustacean hater and couldn’t justify making a whole pan for myself.
This was my first time making mousse and I was quite surprised that it was fairly easy. Despite the numerous steps involved, it’s just a few egg yolks, melted white chocolate, heavy cream and some coordinated pouring. This white chocolate mousse with Riesling is a creamy, silky and decadent dessert, that has a fresh crisp white grape hint from the Riesling. The original recipe calls for Frangelico’s liqueur and I didn’t have that so I just used what I had in my fridge and I’m glad I did. But I’m sure this will be great with the hazelnut flavor of Frangelico’s!
This mousse is perfect for Valentine’s Day and any other celebration.
White Chocolate Mousse with Reisling
A rich, creamy and silky White Chocolate Mousse with a fresh crisp hint of white grapes. This will be perfect for Valentine's Day!
Ingredients
8 ounces best-quality white chocolate, broken into small pieces ยฝ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter 6 large eggs, separated, at room temperature 1 cup sifted confectionersโ sugar ยฝ cup Riesling wine (I used my favorite Barefoot Riesling) 2 cups whipping cream, cold Pinch cream of tartar Toppings: Chocolate shavings Raspberries
- 8 ounces best-quality white chocolate, broken into small pieces
- ยฝ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
- 6 large eggs, separated, at room temperature
- 1 cup sifted confectionersโ sugar
- ยฝ cup Riesling wine (I used my favorite Barefoot Riesling)
- 2 cups whipping cream, cold
- Pinch cream of tartar
Toppings:
- Chocolate shavings
- Raspberries
Instructions
- Melt the white chocolate and butter in a small saucepan, stirring constantly.
- Beat the egg yolks, sugar and wine until the mixture forms a slowly dissolving ribbon when the beaters are lifted. Pour the mixture into the top of a double boiler and cook, whisking constantly, over simmering water until very thick, about three minutes.
- Remove to a large mixing bowl. Whisk in the white chocolate mixture and stir until smooth and cool.
- Beat the cream until the peaks are stiff. In a separate bowl, with clean beaters, beat the egg whites with the cream of tartar until stiff but not dry. Gently fold the egg whites into the chocolate mixture; then fold in the whipped cream. Refrigerate until set, about 3 hours.
- Spoon the chilled mousse into individual ramekins. Top with grated chocolate and raspberries.
What a fun idea for a group and totally makes sense. I just need to brush some of the dust off my old cookbooks and start cooking from there again. ๐
This valentines day dessert sound fabulous. Riesling is one of my favorite white wines and that shaved chocolate and raspberries on top of this looks ready for me to dig my spoon in! Another winner Zainab! You are a rock star dessert maker!
What a fun group! I used to make white chocolate mousse, but haven’t in a long time. I’ll have to try this ๐
Love love love your pictures! You inspire me. ๐
I’ve made chocolate mousee before, but not a fancy one like this. Sounds delish with the addition of the Riesling. And completely perfect for Valentine’s day! Have a great weekend!
Zainab, you know the way straight to my heart–white chocolate fiends forever! I would totally help you eat that seafood lasagna ๐
You stuck Riesling in a dessert! I big puffy heart you!!!
Oh my! That looks amazing! ๐
This mousse is just stunning, Zainab! Those creamy layers and those red berries just pop so beautifully! I love the sound of the Riesling. Pinning, and have a great weekend!
Wow…this dessert is fancy and festive, Zainab! Perfect for Valentine’s Day. And I bet some Frangelico would go GREAT in here! Hope you are staying warm…haha…like that’s possible these days. I think it’s warmed over here…you should move here. ๐
This is such a gorgeous dessert!! Looks like something that could be served in a restaurant. I haven’t made mousse in far too long, but I’m wondering if it should come out of the woodworks for V-Day!
That pop of color from the raspberries is just perfect Zainab! Pinned!
Thank you Trish!!! Have a great weekend ๐
Oh my gosh Zainab! This mousse looks and sounds just perfect! I just love the addition of the wine, that makes it sound even better! I wish I had a cute glass of this right in front of me! And the pictures as always look beautiful!
This mousse looks perfect for me ๐ and one of the reasons is that 0,5 cup of riesling ๐