Chocolate Orange Crème Brûlée Recipes

CHOCOLATE ORANGE CREME BRULEE

Steps:

• Whisk egg yolks and sugar until pale and fluffy. Set aside. In a medium saucepan heat milk and cream until boils. Add chocolate and chocolate chips and stir until smooth. Your next step is to add orange oil and stir until all ingredients are happy with orange oil. Then add yolks mixture to the chocolate. Be sure to mix well until all ingredients are incorporated. Pour mixture into 4 ramekins and place into baking dish. Fill baking dish with hot water. (the water should be half way up side of ramekins). Bake at 300 F for 45 minutes. Remove from oven and cool. Transfer to the fridge for 8 hours or overnight. Before Serving: Sprinkle brown sugar on top of each chocolate orange creme brulee and caramelize with kitchen torch. If you don't have it I hope you have broiler. Turn on the broiler to 500 F. Place ramekins on baking sheet and broil until sugar caramelize (for 1 minute or 2). Optional: Serve with orange pieces, grated orange skin, heavy cream. ENJOY AND SHARE.

CHOCOLATE ORANGE CRèME BRûLéE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• Put chocolate in a small metal bowl. In a heavy saucepan heat 1/2 cup cream over moderately high heat until it just comes to a boil and pour over chocolate. Let chocolate stand until softened and whisk mixture until smooth.
• In a bowl whisk together yolks, whole egg, and granulated sugar and whisk in chocolate mixture. In pan heat remaining 1 1/4 cups cream and milk until mixture just comes to a boil. Add milk mixture to egg mixture in a stream, whisking, and whisk in Grand Marnier and zest. Skim off any froth.
• Divide custard among eight 1/2-cup flameproof ramekins set in a roasting pan and add enough hot water to pan to reach halfway up sides of ramekins. Bake custards in middle of oven until they are just set but still tremble slightly, about 40 minutes. Remove ramekins from pan and cool custards. Chill custards, covered loosely with plastic wrap, at least 4 hours or overnight.
• Set broiler rack so that custards will be 2 to 3 inches from heat and preheat broiler.
• Sift brown sugar evenly over custards and broil custards until sugar is melted and caramelized, about 2 minutes. (Alternatively, raw sugar may be sprinkled over custards and caramelized with a blowtorch.) Chill custards 20 minutes.