Chocolate Mousse

5 Steps to complete

• 1
  To melt the chocolate, separate ½ cup of the cream and set aside.
• 2
  In a mixer, beat the rest of the cream at medium speed for 5 minutes to soft peaks - separate ½ cup of the prepared cream into a sandwich plastic bag (for final decoration) and refrigerate until the preparation is finished.
• 3
  Place water and rum in small stainless bowl. Sprinkle gelatin over water and rum. Place bowl on double boiler over medium heat. Stir occasionally until gelatin dissolves, remove from heat.
• 4
  Place saucepan over medium heat. Pour ½ cup crema into saucepan with the sugar and bring to a boil. Add the chocolate chips and keep on stirring until the chocolate is fully melted, approximately one minute. Pour into a medium size bowl to cool. Whisk gelatin into chocolate.
• 5
  Gently fold in the whipped crema into the chocolate with a rubber spatula. Don't overwork. Chill for 4 hours minimum or overnight. Enjoy!