Question

You decide to prepare some desserts – Macaroons and Chocolate Mousse. You choose these because the macaroons require egg whites only and the chocolate mousse requires egg yolks only. This way you can use up the entire egg. You check and you have only 5 eggs. What is the total amount of each of these desserts that can be made from the 5 eggs assuming you have all the other ingredients for each recipe? (Hint: Use the principles of stoichiometry to solve this problem)

Macaroon Batter -- makes 15 cookies

• 100 g powdered sugar

• 50 g sliced almonds, pulverized

• 25 g unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder

• 2 large egg whites, at room temperature

• 65 g granulated sugar

Chocolate Mousse – makes 6 servings

• 225 g semisweet baking chocolate, coarsely chopped

• 120 mL water

• 4 g butter (no substitutes)

• 3 egg yolks

• 30 g sugar

• 295 mL whipping cream, whipped