Chocolate Charlotte 1

Chocolate Charlotte 1
  • For : 6 to 8 servings
  • Time : 2 hours
  • Difficulty :  medium

Ingredients for Chocolate Charlotte 1 :

  • About thirty lady fingers
  • syrup at 30°
  • Grand-Marnier
  • chocolate Mousse:
  • 140 g sugar
  • 210 g whole eggs
  • 1/2 litre liquid cream
  • 375 g dark coating chocolate

Technical stages for Chocolate Charlotte 1 :

  • Line a charlotte mold with lady fingers.
  • Chocolate Mousse:
  • In a sauce pan, gather sugar and a bit of water and heat them up to 121°C.
  • In a bowl, break the whole eggs and add the cooked sugar whipping with an electric mixer on low speed.
  • Continue to whisk until the mixture turns white and is completely cold.
  • Chop the coating chocolate into tiny bits and melt it for a few minutes in a bain-marie or microwave.
  • Stir. Pour the warm chocolate onto the preparation that was previousely made.
  • Mix thoroughtly using a whisk until you obtain a smooth and homogeneous mixture.
  • In a bowl, beat the very cold liquid cream into whipped cream (chantilly).
  • Pour the cold chocolate mixture on the chantilly and mix using a rubber spatula until you obtain a very smooth chocolate cream.
  • Garnish the bottom of the mold with lady fingers.
  • Halfway, garnish with lady fingers soaked in grand-marnier syrup.
  • Add chocolate cream up to the top of the mold.
  • Finish with a last layer of lady fingers soaked with syrup. The rest of chocolate cream will be used in finishing. Store in the fridge!
  • Fold back the aluminium foil. (optional).
  • Place the mold on a plate and leave to harden in the fridge for at least one hour.
  • Remove the charlotte from the mold and place it on a dish. Remove the aluminium foil.
  • Decorate the surface of the charlotte with the rest of chocolate cream.
  • To do this, use a pastry bag with fluted tip and store in the fridge until serving.
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The essentials

To make this recipe, some of these items will be required: