Since it’s the anniversary of 9/11, this seemed like a fitting recipe to share today. This White Chocolate Mousse has a history. It was once served at the Windows on the World restaurant, located on the 106th and 107th floors of the World Trade Center’s north tower. That horrific day in 2001, 79 restaurant employees lost their lives amongst the thousands of others who died there that day.
Windows on the World was called “one of the greatest restaurants New York City has ever seen” and “the ultimate destination restaurant” by food critics and journalists.
Windows on the World served men and women from all over the globe, including heads of state, rock stars and local broadway celebrities, and businessmen and women who came to catch a glimpse at the breathtaking views below of Manhattan, Brooklyn, and New Jersey.
Windows on the World White Chocolate Mousse, much like the sky-high location of the restaurant, is viewed as a puffy, light cloud of white chocolate floating on a dark chocolate base. One restaurant goer reminisced, “I loved the way the chocolate layers, when sliced, made a perfect little sailboat of mousse.” And like all great recipes with a past, it’s now symbolic of fond memories shared by those who dined at Windows on the World all those years ago.
