It uses very dark chocolate - he suggests 78% but it may be possible to use cocoa powder or 100% pure coca if you can find it and some sweetener of your choice. If using cocoa powder I would suggest adding a little more butter, adding it to the melted butter and tempering it by cooking it briefly. You would need to cool it slightly before adding the egg yolks.
The J D Gross 81% choc I get from LIDL is about 25gms for the 125gm (4oz) bar so between 4 servings would be about 6gms each plus a miniscule amount in the cocoa and eggs.
If you use cocoa and sweetener instead of the chocolate then the amount of carbs would be considerably less.
INGREDIENTS:
2 oz butter
5 oz dark chocolate
3 eggs
PROCEDURE:
1. Start melting butter and chocolate together. I suggest using a double-boiler, but anything that'll make sure they don't burn should be fine.
2. Separate eggs. Mix yolks in one small bowl; in a separate (larger!) bowl, whip the whites until they're quite firm.
3. Mix the hot melted butter & chocolate together and remove from heat. Then slowly pour the yolks into the butter/chocolate, stirring all the while, so you have a homogeneous mixture. The yolks cook a bit in this step.
4. Gently fold the butter/chocolate/yolks into the whites.
5. Refrigerate (covered if possible). For a single batch, 3 hours is probably sufficient to get it to set properly.
This recipe makes a very rich mousse; a fairly small serving suffices to satisfy!
I just made this the other night for the first time since going primal, and it was excellent, even though I screwed up and only put in half the butter. Great success! FWIW, I used 78% cocoa dark chocolate from Santa Barbara Chocolate Co., and it was plenty sweet; my non-primal guests loved it, or at least made convincing noises to that effect.
This recipe might also be good if made with coconut oil instead of butter; if you try making it that way, please let me (and the world) know
