How to Bake Clafoutis with Caramelized Oranges

Serves: 6-8

Preparation time: 20 mins

Cooking time: 1 hour

Ingredients needed to make Clafoutis with Caramelized Oranges:

• 500 gm dark chocolate, broken into chunks
• 100 gm white chocolate, broken into smaller chunks
• 2 eggs
• 3 egg yolks
• 115 gm ground almonds
• 115 gm self-raising flour
• 80 gm unsalted butter
• 115 gm sugar
• 180 ml cream milk
• 500 ml crème fraiche
• 5 oranges
• Pinch of salt

Cooking instructions for Clafoutis with Caramelized Oranges:

• Warm up your oven to 400 degrees F.
• Remove the zest of 3 oranges and chop them into small bits.
• Slice the oranges into into 1’’ thick rounds and set aside.
• Throw in the chocolate chunks into a small heatproof bowl and place it onto a bowl with simmering water.
• Let it stand for a while until it melts completely and give it a nice stir until it turns smooth and glossy.
• Rub a small splodge of butter along the interiors of a deep-bottomed, 20 cm wide cake pan and set aside.
• Sift the flour into a clean bowl and sprinkle half of the sugar, almonds, sliced orange zest as well as a dash of salt into it.
• Crack the eggs into the mixture, along with yolks plus milk and beat them thoroughly into a smooth, uniform batter.
• Stir in rest of the butter into the melted chocolate until mixed well and fold it into the batter until fully incorporated.
• Tip it into the prepared tin and sprinkle the white chocolate chunks on top.
• Bake in the oven for 20 minutes or until it puffs up and sets, through it still remains gooey in the centre.
• Meanwhile, place rest of the sugar into a saucepan and pour 6 tbsp sugar into it.
• Cook it over moderate heat until it starts boiling and the sugar melts to form a thick caramel.
• Turn off the heat and drizzle the juice of remaining oranges into it.
• Give it a nice stir to thin it out slightly and set aside.
• Arrange the orange slices onto a serving platter and drizzle the caramel sauce over them to cover completely.
• Serve the clafoutis alongside the caramelized oranges and a bowl with crème fraiche.

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