Best 3 One Eyed Monster Financier With Blood Orange And Chocolate Ganache Recipes
ORANGE GELATINE MONSTER
Steps:
- In a large bowl, soften the gelatin by stirring it into 1/2 cup of the orange juice. Set aside. In a small saucepan, boil 11/2 cups of the juice and the sugar until the sugar is dissolved. Pour the juice over the gelatin and stir to dissolve. Mix in the remaining 2 cups of juice. Let cool completely. Pour into a 4 1/2 cup mold or 4 individual serving glasses. Drop blackberries into the gelatin. Chill for 4 hours until set. Pour enough oil into a saucepan to come up the side of the pan 2 inches. Heat the oil to 350 degrees. Drop the noodles into the oil for 10 seconds. Drain the noodles.
- Top gelatin with the noodles.
ORANGE-CHOCOLATE GANACHE
useful as a filling, a frosting, or a glaze. once refrigerated its the consistancy of peanut butter, it can be whipped also. it should be noted that adjusting the amount of chocolate to cream will produce a firmer, or softer ganache. if you dont like orange, leave it out or experiment with other flavours.
Provided by Twotails
Categories Sauces
Time 20m
Yield 2 cups, 1 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Zest orange with a microplane, add to heavy cream and place it into the sauce pan.
- Heat the cream in a sauce pan over medium heat stirring constantly untill it comes to a boil. take off heat.
- add hot cream to chocolate in a medium bowl, stirring untill all chocolate has melted, add butter at once, and stir untill melted.
- chill untill thickened to spread on cakes, brownies, or cupcakes. pour over cakes or dip cupcakes while still liquid. chill untill firm.
DOUBLE-CHOCOLATE FINANCIER CAKE
The original financier was an almond pastry created by a 19th-century Parisian pastry chef for his wealthy banker clients. This chocolate version is worth its weight in gold.
Provided by Dorie Greenspan
Yield Makes 8 to 10 servings
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter two 8-inch round cake pans with 1 1/2-inch-high sides. Line bottoms with parchment or waxed paper round. Melt 3/4 cup butter in medium saucepan over medium heat. Cook until light brown, swirling pan occasionally, about 5 minutes. Cool.
- Meanwhile, sift flour, cocoa, and salt into medium bowl. Whisk egg whites in large bowl to blend. Add sugar; whisk to blend. Whisk in corn syrup and vanilla. Add flour mixture; whisk just to blend. Add ground almonds; whisk just to blend. Using whisk, fold in browned butter, then chopped chocolate. Divide batter between prepared pans, smoothing tops.
- Bake cakes until firm to touch and tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 23 minutes. Cool cakes on rack 5 minutes. Invert cakes onto rack; peel off paper. Cool completely.
- Place chocolate in small metal bowl. Bring cream to boil in small saucepan. Pour cream over chocolate; whisk until smooth. Add butter, 1 piece at a time, gently whisking to blend between additions, adding as little air as possible. Transfer 2/3 cup ganache to heatproof 1-cup measure with spout. Place bowl with remaining ganache over bowl of ice water. Stir until semi-firm and thick enough to spread. Set aside for filling.
- Line rimmed baking sheet with foil. Place rack on sheet. Place 1 cake, flat side down, on rack. Strain apricot jam into small skillet; bring to boil. Spoon warm jam over cake, spreading evenly almost to edge. Let cool 5 minutes. Drop filling by teaspoonfuls all over cake, then spread in even layer. Place second cake atop filling, bottom side up. If glaze is too firm to pour, rewarm in microwave at low power in 15-second increments until pourable. Pour over cake, allowing glaze to drip down sides and using offset spatula to spread glaze evenly over sides of cake. Chill cake 2 hours. Do ahead Can be made 2 days ahead. Cover with cake dome; keep chilled.
- Arrange sliced almonds atop cake.
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