Chocolate Mousse

Directions

1. Cover the dates with ½ cup of hot water and let sit for an hour or overnight.
2. Steam the tofu over boiling water (use a steam rack as you would for vegetables) for 10 minutes. Let cool.
3. Combine all ingredients in a food processor or blender and process until creamy.
4. Pour into individual dessert cups and chill for several hours before serving.

Optional: Top with strawberries, raspberries, cacao nibs, whipped tofu cream or whipped coconut cream.

Note: The secret to making desserts or cream sauces using tofu is to cook the tofu first. This extracts any beany taste, and you’d never know that there is tofu in this recipe. Simply place blocks of tofu in a steam basket in a pan on the stove and steam them for about 10 minutes. This recipe also makes a fine chocolate mousse pie—just pour the mousse as prepared above into a prepared pie shell and chill.