Recipes

I put these two recipes on my website a million years ago. I have always been fanatical about eating sensibly and healthily, so I’m shocked to see TWO recipes only, and both to do with chocolate. Please clean your teeth afterwards and only make each recipe once every three months!

For recipes of some of the uniquely Australian foods in Possum Magic, go to

the Possum Magic story on this website.

Chocolate Mousse

[ I’ve used soup spoons as a measure for years and years in this recipe. Don’t ask me why!]

Ingredients

• 6 soup spoons sugar
• 3 eggs (separated into 3 yolks and 3 whites)
• Half a teaspoon of vanilla
• 2 teaspoons gelatine well mixed in one tablespoon of cold water (Do this before you start the rest of the recipe.)
• One and a half soup spoons of cocoa
• Half a cup of boiling water

Method

Beat egg whites until they are very stiff. Beat yolks, sugar and vanilla till white and creamy. Add boiling water to gelatine and dissolve completely. Add cocoa to the boiling water and gelatine mixture and stir vigorously until very smooth, then pour it into the beaten egg yolk and sugar mixture and beat thoroughly. Fold in the egg whites. Pour into individual bowls and refrigerate for about half an hour.

This recipe serves six. To serve eight, use four eggs and eight spoons of sugar.

Chocolate Fudge

Ingredients

• Two and a half cups sugar
• Half cup of milk
• 125 grams butter
• Two teaspoons cocoa
• One teaspoon vanilla

Method

Dissolve milk and sugar in saucepan over low heat. When sugar is dissolved, add butter and cocoa, and cook for twenty minutes or until half a teaspoon of the mixture forms into a soft ball in cold water. Remove pan from heat and stir in vanilla. Beat until thick, then quickly transfer to a greased scone tray. When cool and almost set, cut into squares.