Chocolate and Orange Parfait

Des amis bonne soirée.


For this post, I will be talking about a dessert which I recently tried making. It is a chocolate and orange parfait - this dessert is definitely for those who like eating Jaffas (round chocolate balls with orange shells). I made a quick vanilla infused raspberry sauce which went quite nicely with it - the slight tartness from the raspberries assist in cutting out the sweetness of the chocolate. The raspberry sauce is extremely easy to cook, and can be used practically with anything, from ice-creams to pastries, or even used as a filling by putting in some candied orange peels as well. All you need is some sugar, vanilla essence or vanilla paste, berries and some heat.

Back to the chocolate and orange parfait, here is the list of ingredients which you will need:

• Chocolate
• Orange juice
• Orange zest
• Gelatine leaves
• Fromage frais 

Chocolate and Orange Parfait with Raspberry Sauce

As you can see, the ingredient list is not exhaustive and really, this is what attracted me to making this dessert.  Just be careful when it comes to mixing the melted chocolate with the zest - I was a bit unsuccessful with this step; do not mix the ingredients until all of the ingredients have been put together, or there will be some unnecessary lumps forming due to the temperature difference (some basic chemistry here!).  

I did a little tweaking from the original recipes as some of the ingredients are very hard to obtain. I couldn't find gelatine leaves or fromage frais, so I used gelatine powder (with the conversion of 2 leaves =  1 teaspoon) and substituted the fromage frais with vanilla fruche (which is fine in this case as it is a dessert, not a savoury dish). 

If you would like the recipe or have any suggestions, please feel free to ask or write any comments.