Chocolate Mousse Crepes With Grand Marnier Sauce

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 1 teaspoon grand marnier
• 1 teaspoon orange zest
• 6 ounces bittersweet chocolate
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 4 egg yolks
• 6 tablespoons cream, plus
• 1 1/2 cups cream, whipped
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 4 teaspoons sugar
• 3/4 cup flour
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder
• orange slice

Recipe

• 1 grand marnier sauce-- mix butter and sugar heat in microwave oven on high for 1 minute.
• 2     add cream, grand marnier and orange zest.
• 3     heat for 2 minutes stir and heat for 1 more minute.
• 4 chocolate mousse filling-- melt the chocolate.
• 5 in another bowl combine sugar, yolks, and 6 tablespoons cream, and whisk well over simmering water to cooking to thicken.
• 6 whisk half the whipped cream into the chocolate, then fold nto the cream mixture.
• 7 add remaining whipped cream and fold in, then chill, until ready to use.
• 8 for the crepe batter-- whisk the eggs well then add the milk and whisk.
• 9 whisk in remaining ingredients.
• 10 let sit 20 minutes then strain.
• 11 ladle small amounts (1 to 2 ounces) of crepe batter into buttered crepe pan and cook on both sides.
• 12 repeat until all the batter is used.
• 13 let the crepes cool before filling.
• 14 to fill, place chocolate mousse in each crepe and fold it over to enclose the mousse.
• 15   spoon some grand marnier sauce around the crepes.
• 16 garnish with orange sections.