Chocolate-Ginger Mousse with Vanilla-Candied Kumquats

Ingredients

• Chocolate Mousse

  • 3 eggs
  • ½ cup (105 g) sugar
  • 2 tsp fresh ginger juice (see note)
  • ¼ tsp ground ginger
  • 8 oz (225 g) 70% dark chocolate, chopped
  • 2 cups (500 ml) 35% whipping cream
  • 3 ginger or speculoos cookies, crumbled

• Candied Kumquats

  • 2 cups (320 g) kumquats, sliced
  • 1 cup (250 ml) water
  • 1 cup (210 g) sugar
  • 2 tbsp (30 ml) lemon juice
  • ½ vanilla bean, split lengthwise and seeds scraped