Chocolate and Orange Mini-Pies

Do you enjoy marrying orange and chocolate?
Well this dessert is perfectly made for people who enjoy the zesty taste of oranges and chocolate.
I also tried for you candied orange peels that you may like to eat them alone or with chocolate or you may use them to decorate your desserts.

RECIPE

Orange Curd

• Put the orange juice and the zest in a cooking pan and bring to boil.
• In the meanwhile, mix the egg, the egg yolk and sugar till the mixture’s whitens, then add cornstarch.
• Pour the boiled juice slowly on the egg mixture and stir.
• Bring the mixture on medium fire till it turns creamy.
• When the cream is ready, remove from fire add the butter cut into cubes and mix well until butter completely melts.
• Pour the curd in a glass bowl and cover with cellophane. Make sure the cellophane is in contact with the cream to avoid having a solid cream layer on top when it cools.
• Let the curd cool in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.

Candied Orange Peels

• Wash and peel the oranges.
• Remove the white layer of the orange peels then cut into 2mm-thick slices.
• Cover the sliced peels with water and bring to boil for 15 minutes. Strain through a colander, then repeat the operation again twice. This will reduce the bitterness of the orange peels. At the end, the orange peels will turn translucent.
• Bring the water and sugar to boil, then add the orange peels.
• Let it boil for half a minute and remove from fire.
• Spread the candied orange peels on a parchment paper and let dry overnight. You can also cover it with granulated sugar.

The Pie

• First step is to bake the shortcrust pastry in the over at 180°C for at least 20 minutes. When it is ready, let it cool for half an hour before use.
• In the meanwhile, melt the chocolate in a water bath.
• Garnish the pie or mini pies with the orange curd.
• Pour chocolate on top then decorate with candied orange peels.
• Let your dessert cool in fridge before serving.

ENJOY YOUR HOMEMADE TREAT!