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Difficulty: ***
Preparation: 45’
Refrigeration: overnight + 1 hour
Cooking time: 25’.
CHOCOLATE & ORANGE DELICACIES
Recipe from "Le petit Larousse du Chocolat"
(edition November 2008)
www.larousse.fr
Ingredients
Makes 12 little cakes
For the orange compote:
1 orange
1/4 cup (50 g) of caster sugar
1/4 cup (50 g) of brown sugar
2.5 Tbsp (35 g) of honey
For the cake mix:
2 oz (50 g) of chocolate
1/4 cup (60 g) of soft butter
5/8 cup (100 g) of almonds in powder
1/3 cup (70 g) of caster sugar
2 eggs
1 Tbsp (10 g) of honey
2 tea-spoons of Cointreau.
For decoration:
Icing sugar (optional)
Preparation
The day before, prepare the orange compote:
Peel the orange and cut into segments. Place in a saucepan and add the 2 types of sugar and the honey. Cook the whole mixture for 25 minutes on a low flame until it forms a compote. Refrigerate overnight.
The same day, prepare the cake mix:
1- chop up the chocolate and melt in a bain-marie. Take a bowl and work the soft butter with a spatula until thick and creamy, then gradually add the melted chocolate.
2- In a blender, mix the powdered almonds with the sugar. Gradually add the whipped eggs and mix to obtain a smooth, creamy paste, then add the honey.
3- Little by little, work in the chocolate-butter mixture, then the Cointreau. Keep on mixing to get a smooth and creamy consistency. Refrigerate for one hour then pour into a pouch fitted with an even nozzle.
4- Pre-heat your oven to 180°C (thermostat 6). Butter a mini-muffin silicone mould.
5- Place a layer of mix, about ½” thick, into the mini-moulds. Take a tea-spoon and spread a ¼” coat of orange compote on top (keep the rest for decoration). Spread the rest of the pasty mix on top, filling the moulds to two-thirds.
6- Oven bake for 10 minutes then lower the temperature to 160°C (thermostat 5-6) and continue to bake for another 15 minutes.
7- Leave the chocolate and orange cakes to cool then remove from their moulds. Place a little orange compote on the top of each one then, if you wish, sprinkle on a little icing sugar.