Ingredients:
- 6 eggs
- 200 grams of dark chocolate
- salt
- optional: candied orange peel
Instructions:
- brake the chocolate up in pieces and melt in a double boiler ("au bain marie")
- optional: add pieces of candied orange peel (make sure it is not dry, but soft)
- separate the egg yolks from the whites
- add a pinch of salt to the egg whites, and beat until stiff
- briefly beat the egg yolks
- take the chocolate off the heat, add the egg yolks, and very quickly (!!!! we are not making a chocolate omelet) whisk the yolks thoroughly into the chocolate to obtain a thick chocolate
- mass
- little by little, fold the beaten egg whites into the chocolate mass (note: discard the liquidy stuff at the bottom of the mixer bowl)
- transfer the mass to one or more serving bowls, and refrigerate for at least 3 hours.
makes 4 portions
