How to Fold Ingredients

[Narrator] Folding.

Folding is a gentle way to mix.

Often, you will fold an ingredient

into something you've whipped lots of air into

and don't want to deflate,

or you will fold so you don't toughen your final product.

Here, we're going to demonstrate with whipped cream

to make chocolate mousse.

The rule of thumb with folding

is that you take the lighter of your two ingredients

and fold it into the heavier mixture.

First, take some of the cream and whisk it

into your chocolate.

You do this to lighten up the heavier

of your two ingredients.

Now, we'll take a few spatulas full of whipped cream

and gently give it a turn.

We will fold in the cream in batches.

Folding is called for in many recipes

both savory and sweet.

Make sure you are very gentle with it,

so you don't deflate the light airiness of your mousse.

Look at how light and airy our mousse is.