Marcus Wareing served up delicious chocolate mousse with chocolate shavings and gold leaf on Marcus Wareing at Christmas.

The ingredients are: 250ml double cream, 1 tbsp runny honey, 1 tsp vanilla extract, 120g dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids or higher), broken into small pieces, 2 eggs, separated and 20g caster sugar.

To Garnish : Dark chocolate, grated/peeled into little shavings and 4 sheets of gold leaf.

See recipes by Marcus in his book titled: Marcus’ Kitchen: My favourite recipes to inspire your home-cooking available from Amazon now.