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Title: Bruno's Chocolate Orangette (Candied Orange Peels)
Categories: Five, Fruits, Chocolate, Desserts
Yield: 5 Servings

1 lb (450 g) orange strips
2 lb (900 g) sugar
1 5/8 lb (800 g) water.
2 3/16 lb (1 kg) bittersweet dark
- chocolate disks; 60/66%
- cocoa paste

Quarter oranges and cut each wedge in two smaller
portion. Slice out flesh (save orange flesh for fruit
salad or your daily vitamin C intake). Cut rinds into
1/4" (6mm) thick slices (or leave them whole) and blanch
3 times by covering rinds with cool water, bring to
boil, drain and rinse - repeat this step twice (total
blanching: 3 times).

Add water and sugar and bring a boil. Reduce heat to a
very low simmer; best under the boiling point 194┬║F/
90┬║C and let poach for 2 hours. Turn the heat off
and let cool down to room temp (leave the saucepan
overnight on the stove). Drain candied orange strips and
arange them in a clean and rectangular container. Save
and cook up syrup to 220┬║F/104┬║C cool to room
temperature and cover the oranges and store in the
refrigerator for months. Before dipping orange strips in
chocolate, drain them onto a cooling rack to dry out for
a day or 2 or, place in a 250┬║F/120┬║C oven for 2
hours - turn oven off and leave candied orange peels
inside to cool. At this joncture, orange peels can be
coated in granulated sugar and stored as is for up to a
year. Save syrup to enhance future pastries or use as a
sweetener for cocktails, tea and so on.

PS: Once coated in sugar, candied orange peels cannot be
dipped in chocolate.

TEMPERING DARK CHOCOLATE: Use a fair amount of chocolate
and high percentage of cocoa butter (no less than 35%).
This additional cocoa butter, combined with proper
tempering, gives the chocolate more sheen, a firmer
"snap" when broken, and a creamy mellow flavor. Once
done with dipping, soften chocolate if it needs to and
spread over a baking tray lined with a silicone mat,
chill and break into pieces for later use. Wrap and
store chocolate in cool storage or refrigerator drawer.

Melt chocolate over water-bath. The temperature of the
chocolate should not exceed 120┬║F/50┬║C. Wipe off the
bottom of the bowl when removing it from the heat (water
is the worst enemy of chocolate). Place melted chocolate
in the refrigerator and let cool down; stirring every so
often until the temperature reaches 80┬║F/26-27┬║C.

Chocolate will begin to set on the sides of the bowl;
scrape it out. Carefully, rewarm chocolate to 88┬║F/
31-32┬║C. Dip dried candied orange peels in chocolate,
remove excess chocolate and let set on baking tray lined
with parchment or silicone mat. Or, coat immediately in
powdered chocolate to give a nice frosting effect. Store
chocolate orangette in a cool storage or in the
refrigerator drawer for up to 3 months. Enjoy!

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RECIPE FROM: http:// www.brunoskitchen.net

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