Best Almond Cookie Cups With Chocolate Mousse Recipes

CHOCOLATE ALMOND MOUSSE CANNOLI

Steps:

• Put the chocolate in a medium bowl. Heat the heavy cream in a small saucepan over medium heat until just beginning to simmer. Pour the hot cream over the chocolate and allow to stand for 1 minute before stirring with a rubber spatula until smooth and combined. Place a piece of plastic wrap directly on the surface of the mixture and allow to cool to room temperature. Once cooled, add the powdered sugar and whip to soft peaks with a hand mixer.
• In a second medium bowl, whisk the ricotta and amaretto until smooth and combined. Gently fold in half of the chocolate whipped cream to incorporate. When just a few streaks remain, add the remaining chocolate cream. Continue to fold until completely combined.
• Spoon the mousse into a 1-gallon resealable plastic bag and massage it toward one corner. Snip off the corner. Insert the snipped tip of the bag into the middle of a cannoli shell and gently squeeze to fill the shell, pulling out as you go. Repeat on the opposite end of the shell. Dip each end in the chopped almonds, then press a cherry into both ends. Repeat with the remaining shells.
• Serve immediately or chill in the fridge for up to an hour. Sift some powdered sugar over the top before serving.

ALMOND COOKIE CUPS

Steps:

• In a small bowl combine the flour and almonds. Set aside.
• In a medium medium saucepan bring the brown sugar, corn syrup and butter to a full boil over medium heat. Remove from heat. Stir in flour mixture and vanilla.
• Line a large cookie sheet with parchment paper. For each cookie cup, drop about 3 tablespoons of batter about 5 inches apart onto the cookie sheet (bake 3 or 4 at a time).
• Bake in a 350º oven for 10-12 minutes or until bubbly and deep golden brown (cookies will form irregular shapes).
• Let stand on cookie sheet about 2 minutes. When cookies are firm, but still pliable, place them on inverted custard cups to form small bowls. Cool to room temperature.
• To serve fill the cups with ice cream, sorbet, mousse, or whatever dessert you would serve in a bowl where you can eat the 'bowl' too!

ALMOND COOKIE CUPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F. Line baking sheet with parchment paper. Set 2 small custard cups or ramekins on work surface, bottom side up. Stir first 4 ingredients in small bowl to blend. Mix in almonds.
• Separately drop 2 level tablespoonfuls batter onto prepared baking sheet, spacing 6 inches apart. Using moistened fingertips, press each to 2-inch round. Bake cookies until deep golden (cookies will spread to about 5-inch diameter), about 7 minutes. Let cool on sheet until set enough to lift without tearing, about 1 minute. Using metal spatula, lift hot cookies 1 at a time and drape over cups, gently pressing to cup shape; cool. Remove from cups. Refrigerate baking sheet 2 minutes to chill quickly. Repeat with remaining batter, making 2 cookies at a time. (Cookies can be made 4 days ahead. Carefully enclose in resealable plastic bags and freeze.)

CHOCOLATE MOUSSE COOKIES TWO WAYS

Steps:

• TO MAKE THE MOUSSE: In a large metal bowl set over a saucepan filled with 2 inches of simmering water, melt the chocolate and the 2 tablespoons butter. Set the chocolate mixture aside to cool. Using an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the egg yolks until thick and pale, about 5 minutes; stir in the vanilla.
• In a small saucepan, combine the water and sugar and simmer over medium heat until the mixture reaches a soft ball stage, 234°F on a candy thermometer. In a slow, steady stream, add the sugar mixture to the egg yolk mixture, beating on low speed until combined. Increase the speed to medium and beat until thickened and cooled, about 5 minutes.
• Using a large rubber spatula, fold the egg yolk mixture into the chocolate mixture, one-third at a time. Using an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, whip the cream at high speed until soft peaks start to form. (If you continue to beat the cream beyond this point, the mousse will get lumpy.) Gently fold the whipped cream and amaretto, if desired, into the chocolate mixture.
• TO MAKE THE TUILES: Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone liners or grease generously with butter or cooking spray.
• In a saucepan set over medium heat, melt the 1/2 cup butter and stir in the 1/2 cup sugar and almonds until combined. Stir in the corn syrup, flour, and salt; remove from the heat and let cool 15 minutes.
• Drop teaspoonfuls of dough at least 2 inches apart onto the prepared baking sheets. Bake until golden, 12 to 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool for 2 minutes. Roll the warm cookies into cones. If the cookies get too hard, return to the oven for 1 or 2 minutes. Cool completely and store in airtight containers, with waxed paper between layers.
• TO MAKE THE MERINGUES: Preheat the oven to 300°F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone liners.
• Using an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, beat the 4 egg whites, cream of tartar, and pinch of salt on high speed until soft peaks form, about 2 minutes. Add the 1 1/4 cups sugar, 2 tablespoons at a time, and continue beating on high speed until stiff peaks form. Spoon the meringue into a pastry bag fitted with a medium round tip. Pipe 2-inch rounds onto the prepared baking sheets. Bake the meringues for 1 hour. Turn off the oven and leave them inside the closed oven for 1 hour more, or overnight if that is easier.
• TO ASSEMBLE: Spoon the mousse into a pastry bag fitted with a medium star tip. For the tuiles, pipe about 1 tablespoon of mousse into each cone. For the meringue, pipe it on top of each meringue disk.
• The mousse must be made the day it is served. Pipe the mousse into the cookies about 2 hours before serving and keep at room temperature. The tuiles and the meringues can be made up to 1 day in advance and kept in airtight containers. (Be sure to separate the tuiles with waxed paper as they tend to stick together.) If the weather is very humid, it is best make both cookies the day you plan to serve them.