Irish Cream Chocolate Mousse

St. Patrick's Day Irish Cream Chocolate MousseHere's a lovely dessert for St. Patrick's Day or any special occasion meal. For simplicity, I would make the mousse and call it a day, but gourmet cooks with the time may want to proceed with the complete recipe. Serve the chilled mousse in Irish coffee glasses and garnish with a spoonful of whipped cream flavored with the liqueur.

Irish Cream Chocolate Mousse
Serves 12
from epicurious.com

"This rich chocolate mousse cake was created by Geri Gilliland, the Belfast-born chef-owner of Gilliland's, a cafe with an Irish accent in Santa Monica, California."

Mousse

4 large eggs
1/3 cup sugar
12 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
1 1/2 cups chilled whipping cream
1/4 cup Irish cream liqueur
 
Directions
 
Whisk eggs and sugar in large metal bowl. Set bowl over saucepan of simmering water (do not allow bottom of bowl to touch water) and whisk constantly until a candy thermometer registers 60°F, about 5 minutes.

Remove bowl from over water. Using electric mixer, beat egg mixture until cool and very thick, about 10 minutes.

Place chocolate in top of another bowl over simmering water; stir until melted and smooth. Remove bowl from over water. Cool to lukewarm.

Combine cream and Irish cream liqueur in medium bowl; beat to stiff peaks. Pour lukewarm melted chocolate over egg mixture and fold together. Fold in cream mixture. Cover and chill until set, at least 4 hours or overnight. 

Cake

6 large eggs
3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons instant espresso powder or coffee powder
Pinch of salt
1 cup all purpose flour

Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 9-inch-diameter springform pan with 2 3/4-inch-high sides. Line bottom with parchment paper. Using electric mixer, beat eggs, sugar, espresso powder and salt in large bowl until mixture thickens and slowly dissolving ribbon forms when beaters are lifted, about 8 minutes. Sift 1/3 of flour over and gently fold into egg mixture. Repeat 2 more times (do not overmix or batter may deflate).

Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 35 minutes. Cool cake completely in pan on rack.

Run small sharp knife around pan sides to loosen cake. Release pan sides. Turn out cake. Remove pan bottom. Peel off parchment. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Wrap cake in plastic and chill.)

Syrup

2/3 cup sugar
5 tablespoons water
5 tablespoons Irish whiskey
Combine sugar and water in small saucepan. Stir over low heat until sugar dissolves. Increase heat and bring to boil. Remove from heat. Mix in whiskey. Cool. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and let stand at room temperature.)

Assembly

Using serrated knife, cut cake horizontally into 3 layers. Place bottom cake layer on platter. Brush with 3 tablespoons syrup. Spread 2 cups mousse over. Top with second cake layer. Brush with 3 tablespoons syrup. Spread 2 cups mousse over. Top with third cake layer, cut side down. Brush with 3 tablespoons syrup. Spread remaining mousse over top and sides of cake. Refrigerate cake while preparing chocolate bands.

Chocolate Bands
2 14 1/2 x 3-inch waxed paper strips
4 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon solid vegetable shortening

Line large basket sheet with foil and set aside. Place another large sheet of foil on work surface; top with waxed paper strips, spacing apart. Stir chopped semisweet chocolate and vegetable shortening in heavy, small saucepan over low heat until melted and smooth. Pour half of melted chocolate down center of each waxed paper strip.

Using metal icing spatula, spread chocolate to cover strips evenly and completely, allowing some chocolate to extend beyond edges of paper strips. Using fingertips, lift strips and place on clean foil-lined baking sheet. Refrigerate just until chocolate begins to set but is still very flexible, about 2 minutes.

Remove chocolate bands from refrigerator. Using fingertips, lift 1 band from foil. With chocolate side next to cake, place band around side of cake; press gently to adhere (band will be taller than cake). Repeat with second chocolate band, pressing onto uncovered side of cake so that ends of chocolate bands just meet (if ends overlap, use scissors to trim any excess paper and chocolate). Refrigerate until chocolate sets, about 5 minutes. Gently peel off paper. Refrigerate cake.

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Environmentally concerned consumers may want to make greener choices at the grocery store, but most do not have the information they need. A group of four young designers hope to solve this problem with their Augmented Living Goods mobile app, which recently got a boost by winning first prize in the Consumer Electronics Association's annual Greener Gadgets Design Competition held in New York.

Former Savannah College of Art & Design students Shane Blomberg, John Healy, Seth Laupus and Andrew Reeves explained that AUG would scan a new barcode system for food and give instant information about the product from the shopper's cell phone.

"The augmented living goods program provides a stream of producer information which enables shoppers to make a more informed buying decision," Healy told TechNewsDaily, "At this point in time, mobile technology makes information digestible on-the-go, so the climate is right for a program such as AUG to lift the cloud between producers and consumers."

Greener Gadgets conference attendees agreed. While judges weighed in on the finalists, the winner was determined by the people at the show.

The National Grocers Association annual study of U.S. shoppers' grocery buying habits confirms interest in organic produce is at its highest level ever. More than six in ten people now say organic products matter in the stores they frequent, and more than nine out of ten people regarded high quality fruits and vegetables as "very important."

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AUG begins with a new bar-coded directory that can be accessed through text or by smartphone app. Shoppers could scan the bar-code of any produce, dairy or meat item in the system, and see things like: Where the farm is, how far it is from the store, nutritional information, pricing history and other available data to make a more informed buying decision.

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Good news for the building industry as Thermador, a major home appliance manufacturer, announced it is expanding its One, Two, Free program.

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Contractors or consumers who buy any size Professional Series range top or Masterpiece Series cook top and accompanying double or triple oven will get a free Thermador Emerald dishwasher. And if they also buy a refrigerator or two wine, freezer or refrigeration columns, they’ll get a free ventilation system.

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