VEGAN CHOCOLATE MOUSSE
Ingredients
- 300g/10½oz silken tofu
- drained
- 150g/5½oz vegan dark chocolate
- broken into pieces
- 1 vanilla pod
- seeds only
- ½ tsp ground star anise
- 2 tbsp treacle
- agave syrup
- to taste
- 20g/¾oz toasted flaked almonds
- to serve
- 100g/3½oz caster sugar
- 100g/3½oz glucose syrup
- 2 tbsp golden syrup
- pinch bicarbonate of soda
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 4 dried apricots
- 1 star anise
- pinch sugar
Directions
- Put the tofu
- ground star anise
- vanilla seeds
- treacle and agave syrup into a large bowl and blend with a hand blender until silky smooth.
- Melt the chocolate in a heatproof glass bowl sat over a saucepan of simmering water
- being careful not to let the bowl touch the water. Fold into the tofu. Spoon the mixture between 4 glasses and refrigerate until set.
- To make the honeycomb
- line a baking tray with baking paper. Put the sugar
- glucose and golden syrup into a deep saucepan and heat until it reaches 145C. (This should take about 5 minutes). Quickly whisk in the bicarbonate of soda. Be careful as the mixture will bubble up very suddenly. Quickly pour onto the lined baking tray. Set aside to cool and harden.
- To make the apricots
- heat the oil in a frying pan. Add the apricots and star anise and cook until the apricots start to caramelise. Sprinkle over a pinch of sugar and leave to cool.
- To serve
- sprinkle the toasted almonds on top of the mousse and serve with the apricots and peices of honeycomb.

