A dessert featuring the combination Orange/Chocolate.
The final result wasn't what I was expecting, a bit disappointing. I can't really tell where is the problem but I am really really not pleased. However, I leave the steps below because some techniques and recipes are interesting.
Makes 4 servings.
The Thin Brownie :
- 75 gr black cooking chocolate
- 50 gr butter
- 30 gr chopped and roasted hazelnuts
- 75 gr sugar
- 1 whole egg and 1 yolk
- 50 gr flour
- 1 tbsp cocoa powder
- pinch of salt
Melt the butter together with the chocolate (in water bath or in the micro waves). Roast the roughly chopped hazelnut and join them to the previous mixture. Beat the eggs with the sugar until very light then add the chocolate mixture and finally the flour with the cocoa powder and salt (do not over mix in this step).
Spread thinly in a pan (1 cm thick) or on an oven tray, bake for 8-10 minutes. Do not overcook, it must be still moist inside. Leave to cold completely and cut into rectangles (about 10 cm X 5 cm)
The Orange Cream :
- 125 ml orange juice (about 2 oranges)
- 130 gr sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1,5 gelatin sheet
- 125 gr melted butter
- 1 tsp corn starch
Rehydrate the gelatin in cold water.
Blend together the orange juice, the sugar, eggs and the corn starch and put in a sauce pan over low heat, cook until 85°c or until lightly thick (do not boil). Let cool down for a little bit and add the gelatin, stir until dissolved and finish with the melted butter, stir again until well combined. Refrigerate.
The Cigarette Biscuit Dough :
- 40 gr butter
- 40 gr powdered sugar
- 40 gr egg-white (1 from a big egg)
- 40 gr flour
Cream the sugar with the softened butter, add the egg-whites and finally the flour. Spread this dough very thinly ( 1 mm) over an oven tray lined with baking paper and bake until the edges are brown (about 4~5 minutes).
Cut into rectangles (10 cm X 11 cm) and wrap it around a metal tube (2,5 cm diameter) while it still warm (10 cm it's the length of the tube we want at the end) Press to seal. If the cigarette dough harden before you can even make the tubes, so put it back in the oven for seconds.
Reserve.
The Cooked Stiff Egg-Whites :
- 2 egg whites
- 20 gr sugar
- pinch of salt
Beat the egg-whites until it starts to form peaks and join the sugar, beat again until completely stiff. Place this meringue in a dish and bake it in a water bath for 15 minutes in the oven (medium heat) and covered with an aluminum foil. Or cook them in the micro-waves for 30 seconds. Let cool down, remove from dish and slice into 10 cm lengths slabs (and about 4 cm high)
- 75 gr black cooking chocolate
- 50 gr butter
- 30 gr chopped and roasted hazelnuts
- 75 gr sugar
- 1 whole egg and 1 yolk
- 50 gr flour
- 1 tbsp cocoa powder
- pinch of salt
Melt the butter together with the chocolate (in water bath or in the micro waves). Roast the roughly chopped hazelnut and join them to the previous mixture. Beat the eggs with the sugar until very light then add the chocolate mixture and finally the flour with the cocoa powder and salt (do not over mix in this step).
Spread thinly in a pan (1 cm thick) or on an oven tray, bake for 8-10 minutes. Do not overcook, it must be still moist inside. Leave to cold completely and cut into rectangles (about 10 cm X 5 cm)
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| the bottom of this dessert is a thin brownie (about 1 cm thick) |
The Orange Cream :
- 125 ml orange juice (about 2 oranges)
- 130 gr sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1,5 gelatin sheet
- 125 gr melted butter
- 1 tsp corn starch
Rehydrate the gelatin in cold water.
Blend together the orange juice, the sugar, eggs and the corn starch and put in a sauce pan over low heat, cook until 85°c or until lightly thick (do not boil). Let cool down for a little bit and add the gelatin, stir until dissolved and finish with the melted butter, stir again until well combined. Refrigerate.
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| Cook the orange cream until 85°C (185°F) |
The Cigarette Biscuit Dough :
- 40 gr butter
- 40 gr powdered sugar
- 40 gr egg-white (1 from a big egg)
- 40 gr flour
Cream the sugar with the softened butter, add the egg-whites and finally the flour. Spread this dough very thinly ( 1 mm) over an oven tray lined with baking paper and bake until the edges are brown (about 4~5 minutes).
Cut into rectangles (10 cm X 11 cm) and wrap it around a metal tube (2,5 cm diameter) while it still warm (10 cm it's the length of the tube we want at the end) Press to seal. If the cigarette dough harden before you can even make the tubes, so put it back in the oven for seconds.
Reserve.
The Cooked Stiff Egg-Whites :
- 2 egg whites
- 20 gr sugar
- pinch of salt
Beat the egg-whites until it starts to form peaks and join the sugar, beat again until completely stiff. Place this meringue in a dish and bake it in a water bath for 15 minutes in the oven (medium heat) and covered with an aluminum foil. Or cook them in the micro-waves for 30 seconds. Let cool down, remove from dish and slice into 10 cm lengths slabs (and about 4 cm high)
Assembling The Cake :
With the help of a pastry bag or a spoon trace a line of orange cream on a brownie base then stick on it a slab of meringue (so it won't move). Lay on the top of the meringue some more cream and stick on it the crunchy tube filled with the same orange cream. Decorate with orange supremes.
Serve and enjoy.
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| the initial project |
Serve and enjoy.
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