Orange-infused Chocolate
From annieamie 16 years ago
- 20 minutes to make
- Serves 1
This is a recipe showing you how to create a frosting where the chocolate is infused with the tart flavor of an orange, lemon or lime. This makes a deep and rich-flavored topping for a basic cake or brownie. You could use this over cheesecakes and plain cookies, too. Read more The frosting is as rich as the center of a chocolate truffle. This is not your Mama's basic chocolate frosting! See less
Ingredients
- 2 TB fresh orange, lemon or lime zest shopping list
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream shopping list
- 1 cup dark, semi-sweet or bittersweet good quality chocolate chips shopping list
How to make it
- Using a 2 cup glass measuring cup, pour in the cream add the chocolate.
- Microwave on high for 1 minute.
- Remove cup and stir.
- Add the fresh zest to the chocolate mixture and stir.
- Place back in microwave and heat for one more minute.
- Remove cup and stir well until the chocolate is dark and smooth.
- Using a fine strainer, strain chocolate to remove the zest.
- Let the mixture now cool to use in any of your recipes.
- I poured this over a cooled pan of brownies that came out of a box and put the brownies into the refrigerator until the chocolate became solid.
- *You can let this firm up and roll balls out of it, to roll in cocoa powder or chopped nuts. Its a truffle center, afterall!
- Try filling prepared tart shells and add a dollop of fresh whipped cream with some fresh zest over the top for an wonderful dessert.
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