Dark chocolate mousse with orange
4 servings
45 minutes
The chef of the Brodo restaurant shared with us the recipe for the O2 festival menu.

1
Prepare chocolate crumble. Chop cold butter into crumbs, mix lightly with 50 grams of sugar, flour, and cocoa.
- Butter: 50 g
- Sugar: 200 g
- Wheat flour: 75 g
- Cocoa: 20 g
2
Place on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake for 15 minutes in a preheated oven at 170 degrees.
3
Prepare spicy oil. In a blender bowl, mix 200 ml of vegetable oil, chili, and black pepper. Blend until smooth.
- Vegetable oil: 200 ml
- Chili pepper: 20 g
- Ground black pepper: 2 g
4
Pour into a saucepan and heat to 55 degrees. Remove from heat and let cool completely. Strain. Spicy oil is ready.
5
Next is ganache. Mix cream and syrup in a saucepan, place on heat, and bring to a boil.
- Cream 33%: 280 ml
- Glucose syrup: 20 g
6
Remove from heat, add chocolate, and blend with an immersion blender. Place in the refrigerator for 12 hours.
- Dark chocolate 70%: 140 g
7
Prepare charred orange slices. Use a peeler to remove the zest from the orange and set it aside for candied peel. Then, use a knife to completely remove all the white part of the zest and the skin from the orange segments to expose the flesh.
- Oranges: 1 piece
8
Cut each segment with a knife, collecting all the juice in a bowl. Place the segments on a silicone sheet and freeze. After fully freezing, intensely scorch the segments with a torch.
9
Cut the orange zest into thin strips. Mix orange juice, water, and 150 grams of sugar in a saucepan, place on the heat, and bring to a boil.
- Oranges: 1 piece
- Water: 50 ml
- Sugar: 200 g
10
Place the zest in a saucepan, remove from heat, and let it cool. Then reheat the syrup with the zest almost to boiling, remove from heat, and let it cool again.
11
Pipe ganache onto a plate from a pastry bag, sprinkle chocolate crumble beside it. Arrange burnt slices, drizzle with spicy oil, and sprinkle with Maldon salt.
- Maldon salt: 1 g
12
Decorate with candied lemon peel and lemon thyme leaves.
- Lemon Thyme: to taste









