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Chocolate Cremeux (with Olive Oil & Sea Salt) Serves 6-8

This recipe is a contemporary twist on a chocolate mousse. It’s more creamy and dense and is divine with a sprinkling of salt and a drizzle of olive oil. It’s a well known fact that salt and chocolate are perfect partners but more surprisingly so are olive oil and chocolate. Only your very best extra-virgin olive oil will do; you just need a drizzle, but it can be a game-changer – try it! You’ll either love it or hate it, but either way this cremeux with a sprinkling of salt will be your go-to chocolate dessert! The recipe is from the book ‘Service’ by chef Anna Headworth, apparently this dessert is a favourite in her restaurant…

250ml whole milk

250ml double cream

100g caster sugar

55g egg yolks (about 3)

290g plain dark chocolate (I use Lindt Excellence 70% Cocoa Dark Chocolate), roughly broken up

To Serve:

Best quality extra virgin olive oil

Maldon sea salt

  1. Put the milk and cream in a pan and bring to the boil. Mix the sugar and yolks together in a bowl. Pour the hot cream over the yolks and mix. Pour everything into the pan and gently heat until it reads 90’c on a temperature probe.
  2. Put the chocolate in a large bowl and pour the cream mix over the chocolate, leave to stand for 2 minutes, then whisk together until smooth. Pour into a serving bowl to set overnight in the fridge.
  3. You can serve in a large bowl or scoop out into individual portions, drizzle with a splash of extra-virgin olive oil and add a sprinkle of Maldon sea salt.
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Cooking has always been something I've enjoyed, I have an extensive collection of cookbooks, some are well thumbed whilst others collect dust on the shelves; I can’t bear to get rid of any cook book, just in case one day I might use it for that one obscure recipe - light on a rainy day! I enjoy eating out and discovering new flavours, whether it’s just a local haunt or a ‘dress up’ to dinner restaurant - food is my hobby! In my opinion food is the one of the most important pieces of knowledge you need to know about any culture in order to really understand it, so when we go away, it’s not the local sights that I’m googling but the best place to eat! I'm not one of those fortunate cooks who can throw something together by looking at the contents of their fridge, I need a plan to work with, then I organise my fridge around the recipe. I am however a very organised person, you might even call me a control freak! I love the orderly fashion of a recipe, I find it soothing to have a plan in front of me, so the thought of trawling through my recipe books and trying new recipes is my idea of a perfect afternoon. But I realise that this is not everyones idea of fun, hence the birth of this blog. This blog is essentially for people who adore food but don’t have the time, patience or energy to search through cook books to find that winning recipe – that’s the job of Menu Mistress!

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