Chocolate with orange - products as if specially created for each other. The fusion of their tastes is always harmonious. The combination of colors of these products is advantageous. Amaze the imagination of your guests by treating them to such an exquisite dessert. It is sweet, and juicy, and unusual - just what you need. A chocolate orange recipe with photos, decoration of homemade sweets (this category of dessert can be attributed to them) will help to prepare exactly the same homemade holiday sweets.
Taste of Citrus
A little touch on the topic of taste of these fruits. Having decided to make an orange with chocolate yourself for the first time, you need to know in advance which taste is preferable for citrus. It is better to use a slightly sour fruit. Orange slices (or circles) will be processed in sugar syrup. Therefore, sourness will have to be very out of place. But if you are not a very sophisticated buyer and do not understand what kind of variety is in front of you, sour or sweet, then nothing critical will happen. Your oranges with chocolate will just turn out a little sweeter.
What chocolate to take in the recipe
The taste of the dessert can change depending on the taste of its chocolate component. You can rely solely on your own predilections. But in the method of preparation that we have provided, preference is given to dark or bitter chocolate. With an orange, its taste will play brighter.
We prepare holiday sweets on our own
First, check if everything is available in our refrigerator and other bins. Here is a list of what we will definitely need during this magical action:
- oranges - 1 kilogram;
- chocolate - 300-400 grams;
- sugar - 400 grams;
- water - 1-2 glasses;
- lean non-aromatic oil - 2 tablespoons;
- wide thick-bottomed dishes (it is necessary that it has a non-stick layer, otherwise our recipe for oranges in chocolate will be spoiled by unnecessary nerves and possible burning, the dishes should have a well-ground lid);
- the lattice is also useful, on which we will spread the slices boiled in syrup (or circles taken out of it).
We will save citrus from bitterness
You can not do this, but then not everyone will like your sweets. It is better to remove bitterness so that oranges with chocolate are not interrupted by unpleasant taste shades. Moreover, it will be very simple to do this.
Washed fruits, without cleansing the skin, turn into circles. The thickness of the workpieces is not more than five millimeters. We put the sliced oranges in the dishes and pour cool boiling water for two minutes. We take out the prepared orange circles, trying to preserve all their beauty and not damage. We lay out exactly so as not to get stuck. Use a grill or a suitable flat surface.
Oranges, in caramel!
Next, proceed to the preparation of oranges in chocolate at home. We place the circles (slices) on a frying pan sprinkled with sugar (or a stewpan). Do not lay a lot of fruit. Ideally, if you cook one level of oranges, but in reality you get two or three. If the dishes are wide-bottomed, this greatly simplifies the situation. We lay oranges tightly and even a little overlap. Pour each layer with some sugar. The final orange layer is also sprinkled with sugar.
Now gently add water. Do this so that the pouring liquid does not wash the sugar off the top layers of oranges.
We cover the dishes with a lid and turn on the stove. When there are signs of boiling, make the lowest temperature under the dishes with oranges. If the water with sugar boils strongly, then the circles can turn into rags. Delicate boiling of citrus fruits lasts at least two hours. The lid should be closed all this time. If the liquid boils away quickly, then it is allowed to add a very small amount additionally. Fresh water should be hot.
Ready fruit circles will be transparent amber color. And the resulting sling will become as if liquid honey. Now the stove can be turned off. Oranges need to be allowed to cool off before continuing to work with them.
Now take them out to the wire rack and dry them thoroughly. Put oranges on paper is undesirable. They can easily stick to the surface. If you did not have a grill, in this case, you can use a sheet of silicone. It will allow to process orange rings no worse.
At this time, prepare the chocolate. We break it smaller, and even better - wipe it on a grater. We swim in a water bath by placing an unbreakable bowl or similar container in boiling water. When the whole product turns into a uniform mass, mix in it vegetable oil, turning chocolate and butter into a homogeneous emulsion.
We form a dessert
And now you can prepare baking (parchment) paper or wrap a flat board with cling film.
Dip the orange circle around its center into the chocolate mass. We take it out and hold it in the air for several seconds so that the chocolate on the surface of the citrus grasps, we lay it on the prepared plane. At this point, you can sprinkle the chocolate portion with coconut flakes or other decorative sprinkles, if you want to give the dessert even more charm. In the same way, dunk each orange circle.
If you cut the circle into two segments, then you can dip orange slices in chocolate. In this case, the dessert will be more convenient to use. Do not put homemade sweets in the refrigerator. It will turn out prettier if they solidify completely at room temperature.
The full hardening of the chocolate suggests that the slices are ready and you can not only eat them, but also put them in a box covered with parchment in order to present such an original present to someone as a gift.
The shelf life of a natural dessert should not exceed ten days from readiness.