Jamie Oliver’s Chocolate Clafoutis with Caramelized Oranges
A mouth-watering dessert recipe from Jamie Oliver, this chocolate clafoutis is a rich and decadent pudding served with caramelized oranges for an extra dose of indulgence. Serve this at a dinner party to seriously impress your guests.
Introduction
The nice thing about this recipe is that the fruit accompanying it can be varied – certain things work really well with chocolate, like oranges, clementines, apricots or cherries, so give them a try.
Ingredients
| 5 | oranges |
| 100g/3¾oz | best-quality dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids) |
| 80g/2¾oz | unsalted butter |
| 115g/4oz | self-raising flour |
| 115g/4oz | ground almonds |
| 115g/4oz | sugar |
| A pinch | salt |
| 2 | large eggs |
| 3 | egg yolks |
| 180ml/6½fl oz | full cream milk |
| 100g/3¾oz | best-quality white chocolate, broken up |
| 1 x 500ml tub | crème fraîche |
Method
Preheat your oven to 200ºC/400ºF/gas 6. Firstly zest 3 of your oranges, then carefully remove the outer peel and slice them across into wheel-shaped pieces just under 1cm/½ inch thick. Break the dark chocolate up, place in a small bowl and slowly melt it over some simmering water, giving it a stir once in a while with a spatula.
You will need a deep 20cm/8 inch metal tin or earthenware dish to cook the clafoutis in. Rub the inside of it with a little of the butter. To make the clafoutis, sift the flour into a separate bowl, add the almonds, half the sugar, the salt, eggs, yolks, orange zest and milk. Whisk up until smooth and then add the rest of the butter to the melting chocolate. Scrape all the melted chocolate and butter into the batter mix and pour into your tin. Poke little pieces of white chocolate into the batter, then place the tin in the oven and bake for around 16 to 20 minutes. It will rise and should be firm around the edges but sticky and gooey in the middle. This doesn’t mean it’s undercooked…it means it’s perfect! So be careful not to overcook it or it will just be like a boring sponge.
While it’s cooking, bring the other half of your sugar to the boil with about 6 tablespoons of water on a medium heat until you have a golden caramel. Remove from the heat, add the juice from your remaining oranges and stir it in to loosen the caramel syrup slightly. Arrange your oranges nicely on a plate, pour over the caramel and serve with your chocolate clafoutis and a bowl of crème fraîche.
Calories 637kcal Fat 39.3g Sat Fat 17.3g Protein 14.3g Carbs 59.2 Sugar 44.8g Salt 0.7g Fibre 4.5g
