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5-Minute Chocolate Mousse

Name: 5-Minute Chocolate Mousse
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 150ml double cream; 1 tbsp cocoa powder (about 6g); 1 tbsp powdered sweetener, erythritol or a stevia blend; A few drops of vanilla extract

Four ingredients, one bowl, and it tastes like you tried hard.

Serves 2Prep 5 minNo cooking

2gcarbs
per serving

About 2g of carbs per serving. One glass. How we worked it out

You'll need

150ml double cream
1 tbsp cocoa powder (about 6g)
1 tbsp powdered sweetener, erythritol or a stevia blend
A few drops of vanilla extract

Method

Put everything in a bowl.
Whisk with an electric whisk for 2 to 3 minutes, or by hand if you're feeling strong.
Stop as soon as it's thick and holds its shape. Keep going and it turns to butter.
Spoon into two small glasses. Eat now, or chill for later.

Tip

Sift the cocoa through a tea strainer first and you won't get lumps.

Swaps

Top with a few raspberries (adds about 1g) or a little grated 90% chocolate.

Storing it

Covered in the fridge for up to 1 day.

How we worked out 2g of carbs

Ingredient	Weight	Per 100g	Carbs
Double cream UK government food tables	150g	1.7g	2.5g
Cocoa powder UK government food tables	6g	11.5g	0.7g
Erythritol / stevia blend Typical UK supermarket label	12g	0g	0.0g
Vanilla extract Typical UK supermarket label	1g	13g	0.1g
Total			3.4g
÷ 2 servings, rounded up			2g

Meat, fish, oil, salt, pepper and water have no carbs, so they're left out. How we count carbs.

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