The new design prompts to me realize I’ve never submitted a recipe for the menu, so here goes. I recently posted this over at Blogcritics, but it seems especially appropriate here.

Extra Stout Chocolate Mousse

Ingredients:
1 cup dark chocolate chips (I use Hershey’s Special Dark)
1 egg
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup dark beer (I use Guinness Extra Stout)

Preparation:
Put the chocolate chips, egg, salt and sugar in a blender.

In small saucepan, bring the milk and stout to just-before-boiling, then remove from heat.

Quickly pour the liquid into the blender and blend one minute or so, until the chocolate chips are completely melted.

Pour into four ramekins or small bowls and chill for several hours, until firm.


Delightfully, this uses very little of a bottle of Guinness Extra Stout, leaving the rest of the bottle to enjoy while the mousse sets!

Teetotalers can safely eat this mousse, as it’s only a small amount of beer heated to almost-boiling. :)