Forever Nigella ~ White Chocolate and Mint Mousse

As soon as Sarah announced that the challenge for this month's Forever Nigella was 'Seduced By Chocolate' I knew just what I was going to make, and that I was going to make them for dessert for our valentines day meal.  I had wanting to make the White Chocolate and Mint Mousse from Nigella Express for ages but Nigella insists they should be served in shot glasses ... I know you'll find this hard to believe, but I didn't own any.  Not through of lack of trying mind you, but nice shot glasses are actually quite elusive items to find, then I spotted some lovely ones in the Christmas sales and snapped them up, just waiting for the right opportunity to use them.  (If I'm being honest I actually found a lot of glassware in the sales but instead of seeing them as the cocktail or wine glasses of their origin I bought them to use as individual trifle glasses or because they would like nice with cookies or macarons piled up in them!!!  Does anybody else do that or is it just my kitchen paraphernalia fetish rearing its ugly head?  Um .... should I be using the word 'fetish' in a Valentines Day post??????)

Anyhoo, I served the mousse with chocolate dipped strawberries as they are Hubby's fave valentine day treat.  And while I may have cursed Nigella on more than one occasion for her adamant stance on the presentation of the mousse I now understand why ... these babies are rich but totally delicious and such an extravagant treat that they shouldn't be such a cinch to whip up.  I wish now that I had also made some little shortbread hearts to go along with them, not that they were needed, just that I would have liked to have made them!  The chocolate coated strawberries complimented the mousse really well and helped to cut through the richness of the mousse.  We will certainly be having these again!

Now on a completely unrelated note ... I'm wondering how many of you are on Twitter?  I'm not, although I do regularly check in on Jenson Button's tweets [ahem] but I'm wondering if I am maybe missing out?  Is there another dimension to this blogging community that is passing me by?  I'd be very interested to hear your thoughts on this ... either for or against ... I'd like to make a balanced decision after all ;0)

Happy Valentine's Day!