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Small "hedgehog" chocolate mousse

Small  hedgehog  chocolate mousse

Ingredients for 6 people:

– 4 eggs
– 100g caster sugar
– 100g chewable chocolate
– grated zest of an orange
– 50g flaked and toasted almonds

Melt the chocolate over very low heat in a small saucepan with a tablespoon of water.

Remove from the heat, stir in the egg yolks, stirring briskly.

Beat the egg whites until very stiff, add the powdered sugar while beating to obtain a very stiff meringue.

Mix the two preparations delicately, flavor with grated orange zest

pour into ramekins and prick the almonds on the surface.