Orange-chocolate mousse

What is the most tasty companion of orange in a desert? Dark chocolate! You are absolutely right! Let’s try it!

Ingredients:

  • 130g of dark chocolate
  • 1 orange
  • 3 eggs
  • Whipped cream

Preparation:

Break chocolate into pieces. Squeeze juice out of half of the orange. Melt chocolate in the juice in water bath. In the meantime separate egg whites and yolks. Whip the egg whites to get stiff foam. If the chocolate became liquid cool it down a little. Add yolks, one at a time and mix until the mixture is uniform after every yolk. Now you need to be very soft – add the egg whites – one spoonful at the time and softly combine with chocolate. Continue until egg whites and chocolate is combined. Put the mousse to the glasses and place in a fridge. The mousse should cool down for at least 5 hours. Peel the second half of orange and cut into nice pieces. Decorate with whipped cream and pieces of orange before serving. Bon appetite!

Orange mousse.

Feel like fresh and sweet desert – you won’t be disappointed!

Ingredients:

  • 4 oranges
  • 4 egg whites
  • 2 spoons of lemon juice
  • 2 spoons of powdered sugar
  • 2 teaspoons of gelatin
  • 1 orange jelly
  • 2 pieces of dark chocolate

 

Preparation

Squeeze the juice out of three oranges. You need about ¾ of glass. Add powdered sugar to the juice. Dissolve gelatin in 2 spoons of hot water. Dissolve the jelly in one glass of boiling water. Whip the egg whites to get thick foam. When the egg whites get stiff add lemon juice, then slowly add orange juice and continue mixing. Then very slowly pour the gelatin and at the end add jelly. When adding the jelly to the mousse the jelly should be getting stiff. Pour the mousse to glasses and decorate with pieces of the last orange. Cool the mousse at least 10 minutes before serving.

Nut-orange cookies covered with powdered sugar.

Nut-orange cookies covered with powdered sugar.

Ingredients:

  • 250g soft butter
  • 100g powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon of orange liquor
  • 110g walnuts
  • 6 teaspoons of grated orange peel
  • 375g flour

Additional powdered sugar to cover the cakes

Preparation:

Heat the oven to reach 180 degrees. Mix butter with powdered sugar until becomes soft and creamy. It should take about 10 minutes. Chop walnuts into small pieces and add together with liquor and orange peel to the mixture. Combine thoroughly and add flour. Mix till it gets uniform throughout the volume. Form small balls out of 2 teaspoons of dough. Flatten the balls a little and put into the pan covered with baking paper. Bake for about 12-15 minutes. Cool the cookies down and cover with powdered sugar.