Ingredients
- 1 large clean navel orange, organic if possible (peeled, no white pith!)
- 1 cup water
Directions
- Wash the orange thoroughly with soap to remove all pesticides and dirt. Be gentle, don't use a brush or similar, you don't want to damage the peel.
- Use a a small sharp knife to carefully remove the orange part of the peel, without disturbing the white pith.
- Chop peel finely with the knife. Don't use a food procesor or you''ll lose much of the flavour.
- Place the peel in a small bowl, cover with 1 cup water and microwave for 1 minute on high.
- Cool down to room temperature and you're done!
This flavouring can be refrigerated for 3 to 5 days.
Don't throw away the zest: you can also use it for flavour. Just add some to any cake or muffing while making the batter.
Orange and Yogurt Heart
Ingredients
- 1/2 envelope unflavoured powdered gelatine (Knox)
- 3 tablespoons cold water
- 1/2 cup homemade orange Flavouring
- 8 oz plain fat free sugar free yogurt**
- sweetener to taste (1-2 tablespoon of liquid sweetener)
- food coloring (orange or yellow + red)
**Yogurt MUSN'T be very cold, take it out of the fridge 10 to 15 minutes before cooking this recipe
Directions
- In a smal bowl, put 3 tablespoons of cold water and sprinkle with gelatine while whisking with a fork. Set aside for 5 minutes until spongy.
- Add the homemade orange flavouring.
- Stand the bowl in hot water and stir until the gelatine dissolves (or microwave for 10-15 seconds on high) Never boil gelatine: it can become stringy.
- Cool slightly, add the yogurt and sweetener and whisk (remember, both the gelatine and yogurt should be a similar temperature to avoid any lumps)
- Pour this cream into a silicone heart shaped mold and refrigerate overnight -or at least 5 hours before serving-.
To unmold, dip the mold in warm water, just to rim, for 10 seconds. Lift from water and gently pull gelatin from the edge of mold with moist fingers. Place a moistened serving plate on top of mold. Flip and then gently remove the mold.
Decoration: mint leaves and orange zest.
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