James Martin - Baked Chocolate Mousse With Passionfruit - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 ounce dark chocolate
5 ounces unsalted butter
2 ounces caster sugar
6 eggs, separated
extra butter, to grease the tin
For the passion fruit mousse
9 ounces mascarpone
2 ounces double cream
3 tablespoons icing sugar
3 passion fruit (pulp)
To finish
icing sugar
cocoa powder
1 sprig of fresh mint

Preparation

Preheat the oven 180C/350F/Gas 4. Butter a 20cm/8in spring-bottomed cake tin with a removable base.
Melt the chocolate and butter in a bowl over simmering water.
Whisk the egg whites to stiff peaks and in another bowl whisk the yolks with the sugar until pale.
Add the chocolate mixture to the egg yolks and sugar and fold in the egg whites.
Pour into the cake tin and bake for about 20 minutes. Cool and dust with icing sugar and cocoa powder.
To make the passion fruit mousse, beat all ingredients together in a bowl until firm and serve.