Chocolate Mousse with Raspberries

I used to make this a fair bit a while ago, but had forgotten all about it until I was looking through my old food photos trying to get inspirations for what to cook this week. This really does taste too good to be diet food, but trust me, there are only 3½ syns in each portion.

This is what you do for two people:

250g fat free fromage frais

6 tbsp cocoa powder

sweetener to taste

2 egg whites

fresh and/or frozen raspberries – I used both

3 tbsp low fat spray cream

a few sprinkles of caramelised buckwheat to decorate

Mix the cocoa powder with the fromage frais and add sweetener to taste. You might need quite a lot as cocoa powder is quite bitter and fromage frais rather tart.

Whisk up the egg whites until soft peaks form and gently fold in the fromage frais mixture. Spoon in to tall glasses and add the raspberries on top. Spray with cream and decorate with caramelised buckwheat.

I have served this a couple of times at dinner parties and my guests said they would never have guessed that the mousse was diet friendly. Try it for yourself and see. 

 

Black Forest Roulade

I decided to have a go at making the half syn roulade with some cocoa powder (which means it is no longer half a syn of course), but I can't say it was all that successful. The taste was good, but it was dry and too dense. Back to the drawing board – watch this space.....

Chocolate Mint Creams

Serves 2

3½ syns on Extra Easy

1 peppermint tea bag

1 sachet gelatine

a few drops peppermint essence

sweetener to taste

green food colouring

1 tun Müllerlight mint sprinkled with dark chocolate yogurt

2 tbsp grated chocolate

4 mint matchmakers

Add 150ml boiling water to the tea bag and leave to infuse. Remove the tea bag. Add a few drops of peppermint essence. Sprinkle in the gelatine crystals and stir well to dissolve. Add another 100ml cold water to the jelly, with a few drops of food colouring to create a bright green colour. Pour in two tall glasses and leave to set. When set, divide the yogurt between the two glasses and sprinkle with the chocolate. Serve with the matchmakers. 

 

Chocolate and Mint Strawberries

This doesn't really need a recipe, but I will include it as I like looking back over old posts for inspiration.

Serves 2

Syn Free on Extra Easy

400g strawberries

sweetener to taste

1 tub Müllerlight mint sprinkled with dark chocolate yogurt

Sprig of mint to decorate

Hull and halve the strawberries. Place in a bowl and sprinkle over the sweetener. Stir well to coat each of the strawberries with the sweetener. Leave for at least half an hour at room temperature.

When ready to serve, mix in the yogurt and top with mint sprigs.