Recipe: Chocolate, Pecan Pie

Ingredients

Pastry
4oz Chocolate
2 oz Butter
4 Eggs
8oz Golden Syrup
6 oz Pecan Nuts
Vanilla Essence

Method

Line 9 inch tart tin with tin foil
Roll and line with pastry, and bake blind for ten minutes at gas mark 6

Melt the chocolate and butter in a double pan gently
Whisk together eggs, syrup and vanilla essence, then mix well with the melted chocolate
Stir in thr shelled pecan nuts and poor into the cooled pastry case
Bake in the oven for 30 minutes or until the tart has puffed slightly in the centreand is just set, serve warm

Recipe: Rich chocolate mousse

Ingredients

500g Callebaut chocolate
10 Free range egg yolks
10 Free range egg whites
250g Organic butter
200g sugar

Method

Heat a pan of water and place a bowl on top.

Place the butter and chocolate in the bowl and gently melt, remove from the heat once melted.

Whisk the egg yolks and sugar together until pale, fold the mix into the chocolate mix, take your time with this , little at a time is best.

In an electric mixer, whisk the egg whites until a stiff peak is achieved, fold the egg whites into the warm chocolate mix then chill for 4 hours in the fridge before serving.