Chocolate orange rings
Sandwiched butter rings with orange cream, dipped in chocolate and pistachio. Makes 45 sandwiched rings
Crisp brown-sugar biscuit rings sandwiched with an orange butter cream, then half dipped in melted chocolate and sprinkled with chopped pistachio. They look like they came from a smart bakery and are perfect for gifting.
- Total time
- 85 min
- Difficulty
- hard
- Serves
- 15
Ingredients
For the biscuits
For the orange cream filling
For the topping
Method
0/8 doneStep 1: Cream the 4 ½ oz butter, 4 ½ oz brown sugar and ½ cup milk until light and fluffy.
Step 2: Fold in the 7 ½ oz plain flour, 1 oz self-raising flour and ¼ tsp baking powder to make a soft dough. Wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
30 minStep 3: Heat the oven to 325°F (275°F fan). Roll the dough out on a floured surface to 3 mm thick and cut rings with a 5 cm ring cutter (cut out a small hole in the middle of each).
Step 4: Bake on lined trays for 12 minutes until light brown. Cool completely.
12 minStep 5: For the filling, beat the 1 ¾ oz butter, 2 ⅛ oz icing sugar, 2 tsp orange juice, 1 tbsp milk and 2 tsp orange rind until smooth.
Step 6: Sandwich the rings together in pairs with the filling.
Step 7: Dip one half of each ring in the melted 7 oz chocolate and sprinkle the chocolate with 2 ⅛ oz pistachios.
Step 8: Leave to set on a foil-covered tray, then store in an air-tight tin in a cool place.
30 min
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 290 kcal
- Protein
- 3 g
- Carbs
- 34 g
- Fat
- 16 g
- Fibre
- 2 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does chocolate orange rings take?
- About 85 minutes in total: 60 minutes to prepare and 25 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 15 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it vegetarian?
- Yes. It has no meat or fish.
- Can I make it ahead?
- Yes. It keeps well, so you can cook it earlier in the day or the day before and reheat it.
- What can I use instead of butter?
- The same weight of ghee or coconut oil (for frying and most baking).
- What can I use instead of brown sugar?
- White sugar + 1 tbsp molasses or treacle per 200g.
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