I had quite a few left over egg whites after making some egg-custard. So I decided to make some macarons, a perfect use for egg whites, and a perfect excuse to make some delicate french treats (not that I really need an excuse :-)).
These chocolate orange macarons are delicious, and with my first bite I instantly thought of Jaffa’s, those yummy choc-orange balls covered in a red candy, yum yum yum!.
I used Adriano Zumbos macaron recipe which is here in my “The Macaron Challenge” post, I added some powdered orange food colouring to the sugar syrup mixture and sprinkled some dutch cocoa onto the piped out macarons before putting them in the oven. I have tried and tested this recipe many times now and it has never failed me: he is the Zumbaron King ;-).
CHOCOLATE ORANGE GANACHE:
- 150g cream
- finely grated zest of 2 oranges
- 200g dark chocolate ( Zumbo used milk chocolate but I just love dark chocolate)
- 60g unsalted butter, chopped and softened
- place cream and orange zest in a small saucepan over medium heat, bring to the boil
- put chocolate in a bowl
- pour over hot cream, stir until chocolate has melted and is smooth
- set aside until temperature is 50ºC, then using a stick blender blitz in butter until smooth
- allow ganache to cool and become firm enough to pipe
- fill a piping bag with a 7mm nozzle and pipe onto flat side of macaron then top with another shell
- put assembled macarons in the fridge to set
- bring to room temperature to serve
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In Prosciutto of Perfection 
You’ll have to release a cookbook soon at the rate you are going.
Chocolate and orange were made for each other! YUM!
We’re gonna have to try these, they look incredible! Though I have to say the chocolate and orange combination is a divider in our group. I (number 3) think it’s a match made in heaven, but I already know 4 will give me a tough time for posting this.