Dark Chocolate & Boozy Blood Orange Fondant
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A rich dark chocolate and boozy blood orange Fondant
Ingredients
  • 200g Dark Chocolate
  • 200g Unsalted Butter
  • 250g Golden Caster Sugar
  • 60g Coco Powder
  • 6 Large Organic Eggs
  • 2 Glugs of Cointreau
  • Juice of 1 Blood Orange
  • 1 pinch of Salt
Instructions
  1. Heat the oven. Approx gas mark 4/ 180c
  2. Prepare a 20cm cake tin
  3. Separate the eggs
  4. First start by whisking the whites until fluffy white
  5. Heat a medium heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering water on a low heat
  6. Add the butter and melt
  7. Break the chocolate and add to the melted butter, stirring until rich and glossy.
  8. add the Cointreau to the chocolate mix, stir and remove from heat.
  9. Whisk the egg yolks and sugar
  10. Add the juice of the blood to the yolk until thouroughly mixed.
  11. Add the melted chocolate to the yolk mix & using a spatuala mix together
  12. Slowly fold in the whipped egg white mix
  13. Pour into the prepared oven tin and place in the oven for approx 50 mins
  14. Top with slice blood orange and serve with ice cream
Recipe by Sustarian Living at https://www.sustarianliving.com/dark-chocolate-boozy-blood-orange-fondant/