Title: Chocolate mousse with berries
 Categories: Desserts, Kooknet
      Yield: 8 Servings
 
MMMMM---------------------------MOUSSE--------------------------------
      8 oz Bittersweet Chocolate,
           Chopped
      4 lg Egg Yolks
      5 tb Sugar
      2 tb Kirsh
  1 2/3 c  Whipping Cream, well chilled

MMMMM--------------------------GARNISH-------------------------------
  2 1/2 c  Strawberries, rinsed
      1 tb Kirsh
      2 tb Sugar
      1 c  Whipping Cream, well chilled
 
  Mousse: Melt chocolate in medium bowl over hot water set over low
  heat. Stir until smooth. Remove from water. Whisk egg yolks with 4
  Tbsp. sugar and water in a small bowl. Set bowl in a pan of simmering
  water. Heat, whisking constantly,   until mixture reaches 160
  degrees. Remove from heat and immediately whip with mixer until cool.
  Add chocolate all at once. Stir until smooth. Add Kirsh. Whip cream
  with remaining 1 Tbsp. sugar until stiff. Fold into chocolate
  mixture. Pour mousse in lightly oiled 5-cup ring mold. Smooth top.
  Cover; freeze at least 6 hours until set. to unmold mousse, rinse
  metal spatula with very hot water, dry quickly and run spatula around
  rings outer edge and center. Dip mold into tepid water to come
  halfway up its side for 5 seconds. Set platter on top of mold.
  Quickly invert mold and platter. Shake gently downward. Carefuly lift
  up mold. Smooth top of mousse with spatula. Freeze 5 minutes.
  Garnish: Reserve 8 whole berries. Quarter remaining berries
  lengthwise; mix with kirsh and 1 Tbsp. Sugar. Spoon into center of
  mousse. Whip cream with 1 Tbsp. sugar; spoon around dessert. Garnish
  with whole berries.