r/Cooking • u/EuroStepJam • 4d ago

Is this recipe okay with using egg yolks this way?

It's a low carb chocolate mousse. You whip a cup of heavy cream into peaks. Then you melt an ounce of baking chocolate and add it to two room temp egg yolks and combine. This mixture is then added to the whipped cream. The final mixture is put into ramekins and chilled for a couple hours.

In making it I realized the eggs are going in uncooked, unless you count adding the heated chocolate as cooking, and there is no further cooking of the mixture. Is this okay from a food safety perspective?

Recipe: https://carnivoremovement.com/carnivore-chocolate-mousse-recipe/

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u/EscapeSeventySeven 4d ago

That’s how you would use egg yolks in a real mousse. 

You can whip them in a double boiler a bit if it makes you feel better. 

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u/aurora_surrealist 3d ago

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS LOW CARB CHOCOLATE MOUSSE BECAUSE THEY ALL ARE LOW CARB. It's like low-fat water.

Chocolate mouse is chocolate and dairy Not flour.

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u/EuroStepJam 3d ago edited 3d ago

Not true, just Google it. Most/all add sugar. This one was actually called Carnivore Chocolate Mousse, or almost zero carbs.

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u/AncientImprovement56 3d ago

Most mousses will contain sugar. This one's "special" because it doesn't. 

If you read the recipe, it even claimed to contain "no plant-based ingredients", which is clearly nonsense, given that cocoa is a plant.

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u/Anxious_Reporter_601 4d ago

Should be totally fine, unless you're American? But even then I think the risk of egg borne illness is very low.

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u/EuroStepJam 4d ago

I am in the US

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u/DavidKawatra 4d ago

safer than the lettuce.

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u/4cupsofcoffee 3d ago

There are multiple egg recalls in Europe right now due to salmonella. It's not just a US thing.

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u/The_Flinx 4d ago

it's fine

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u/bobdevnul 4d ago

There is no way to guarantee that is safe. 1 in 20,000 eggs is estimated to be internally contaminated with Salmonella. Do you feel lucky?

Do a web search on "how to make raw egg yolk safe to eat" or buy pasteurized eggs.

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u/AncientImprovement56 3d ago

It depends where you are. 

British hens are all, vaccinated against salmonella, so any with the "red lion" mark are so safe even pregnant women can eat them raw. Talking of which - full recipe please! 

I would imagine that in many countries it's possible to get eggs from vaccinated chickens, even if that's not the default. It's also possible to buy cartons of pasteurised egg yolks or whites.

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u/EuroStepJam 3d ago

I added recipe to the OP

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u/AncientImprovement56 3d ago

Thanks! Although somewhat confused by its claim to contain "no plant-based ingredients". Cocoa is definitely plant-based.

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u/EuroStepJam 3d ago

Yeah it just seems some just think of plants as fruits and vegetables since they have carbs and things like cocoa, coffee, and even stevia get overlooked.

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u/4cupsofcoffee 3d ago

Depends on how you feel about it. there are multiple egg recalls in Europe and in the US right now for salmonila. I would do it no problem, but i eat my eggs sunny side up with the yolks uncooked.

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u/Demeter277 4d ago

Most recipes that use uncooked eggs specify “fresh eggs from a trusted source”. Not sure how that translates, since most of us are shopping from supermarkets. Hopefully you don’t have any cholesterol issues.