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Doubling or Tripling Recipes

16 years ago

I'm not good at knowing which recipes would double or triple well and I'm wanting to make Ruthanna's Chocolate Mousse for Two for six people for Christmas Eve. Can anyone tell me if I would just triple each ingredient in this recipe?

Chocolate Mousse for Two

1/3 cup simi-sweet chocolate chips

1 tbsp water

1 tsp instant coffee (powder type, not granules)

1 egg

1 tbsp sugar

Â½ tsp vanilla extract

1/3 cup heavy cream

Place chocolate chips, water and coffee in a small ovenproof dish. Microwave on medium about 1-2 minutes or until just barely melted (can also melt in a saucepan). Stir and set aside. In blender, whirl egg, sugar, and vanilla about 45 seconds or until frothy. Add cream; blend 10 seconds. Add chocolate mixture, scraping bowl; blend until smooth. Pour into 2 beautiful wine or martini glasses. Chill until set, at least 2 hours. Serve topped with whipped cream if desired and chocolate shavings.

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Comments (11)

mikes100acdreamfarm
16 years ago
Simply, yes. I believe this recipe will do fine by simply increasing all the ingred. Some things usually baked goods like cakes, etc can be a little touchy sometimes but Mousse shouldn't be a problem.
lindac
16 years ago
If you need a second...I second what Mike said...in fact it looks like it was a recipe for 6 that has been cut in thirds.
Should be fine.
Linda C
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BeverlyAL
Original Author
16 years ago
Okay, sounds good. I've doubled many recipes and remember one turning out bad, don't remember what it was for though. I wanted to do this for Christmas and don't want a flop.
BeverlyAL
Original Author
16 years ago
Okay, sounds good. I've doubled many recipes and remember one turning out bad, don't remember what it was for though. I wanted to do this for Christmas and don't want a flop.
BeverlyAL
Original Author
16 years ago
Guess I'll be known for my much speaking won't I? Sorry guys, don't know how that happened.

Beverly
wizardnm
16 years ago
Beverly, this forum has been acting up...no problem.
Lars
16 years ago
Doubling or tripling a recipe can affect cooking time (especially melting chocolate in the MW, which I would never do...again), and it can also affect results of whipping cream or egg whites in a blender. A blender might not be large enough to accommodate the volume. I would use a bowl and a hand mixer instead of a blender, and I would melt the chocolate in a double boiler or in a pan at very low heat.

Lars
susancol
16 years ago
I melt chocolate in the microwave. Two tricks. One, stir often- twice as often as you think and for twice as long. This allows the carryover heat to continue melting the chocolate and prevents the superheated seizing of the chocolate. Two, if the chocolate seizes - gets grainy and thick and super hot, melt a little fat into it. Cream, butter, shortening, etc. The fat will restore the chocolate to it's normal consistency and save the otherwise ruined ingredient. Best of Luck with your Mousse. I'm sure it will be great!
Susan
sally2_gw
16 years ago
I learned the hard way that when doubling bread recipes, you don't double the yeast.

Lars, that looks like good advice. I don't think I would have thought of changing technique when doubling or tripling a recipe.

I always melt chocolate in a double boiler. For one thing, why else keep that pan around? Also, because it's much more fun to stand over a double boiler and occasionally stir chocolate than to stand in front of a microwave and stir occasionally. There's something very satisfying about having your nose above a pan of melting chocolate.

Sally
kathleen_li
16 years ago
Hi Bev..hope you have a wonderful Christmas !
Hope the Mousse turns out heavenly! :)
BeverlyAL
Original Author
16 years ago
Hey Kathleen! Just saw your post when I pulled this up to post again. Hope your Christmas was good too.

This recipe which was wonderful when I made it for two, did not work at all when I tripled it. I have read and reread it to see if I did something wrong and can't find anything I didn't do by the recipe. It would not set up and just didn't work at all. If anyone else should try it I wish you would please come back and post about it.

Beverly

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