Orange - the tastiest of colours. These scrumptious desserts were cooked by Gillian Bowler on RTÉ's 'The Restaurant'.
Ingredients
- orange churros
- 1 tblsp olive oil
- 1 tsp salt
- 500 ml water
- 275 g strong flour
- zest of 2 oranges
- 1 tblsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tblsp icing sugar
- orange and cointreau jelly
- 350 ml freshly squeezed orange juice
- 250 g sugar
- 250 ml cointreau
- 4 leaves gelatine
- 3 oranges
- orange ice cream
- 500 mls cream
- 5 free range egg yolks
- 75 g caster sugar
- 2 tblsp good quality orange curd
- 50 g good quality dark chocolate (melted)
- orange and cointreau shot
- 100 ml cointreau
- 150 ml freshly squeezed orange juice
- 50 ml water
- 25 g sugar
- 1 orange (peeled and segmented)
Method
Orange Churros:
- Pre-heat the fryer to 170°C.
- Put the oil, salt and water in a large pot and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and add the flour, stirring all the time over the heat until it forms a ball of soft paste. Then remove from the heat and leave to cool.
- Dust a plate with some flour. Put the paste into a piping bag and pipe out sausage shaped pastries onto the plate.
- When ready to cook, put 4-5 churros into the oil for about 4-5 minutes until they are golden brown, turn a couple of times during frying to ensure even colouring. Then drain on some kitchen paper and leave to cool.
- Sift the cinnamon and sugar together and dust the churros with them.
- Orange and Cointreau Jelly
- Put the orange juice and the sugar in a pot and bring to a gentle boil stirring until the sugar dissolves boil. Add the Cointreau and remove from the heat and leave to cool.
- Soak the gelatine in a small bowl with some warm water. Leave for 2-3 minutes until it softens, then add to the orange mixture and whisk until the gelatine has dissolved completely.
- Peel the oranges and remove the flesh segments from the orange. Place a couple of these segments in the bottom of each of the jelly moulds. Top up with the orange mixture. Place the jellies in a fridge to set for at least 4 hours, or preferably overnight.
Orange Ice Cream:
- Place the cream in a pot and bring to the boil. Whisk the egg yolks and sugar together until the mixture doubles in size and becomes pale and fluffy.
- Pour the hot cream over the eggs whisking all the time, then sieve this mixture back into another pot and put on a medium heat for about 10 minutes, stirring constantly.
- When the mixture coats the back of a spoon, remove from the heat and whisk in the orange curd. Leave to cool and then pour into an ice-cream machine and churn for 20 minutes until frozen.
- Drizzle some melted chocolate in cone-shaped moulds and leave to set. Then fill with ice cream and chill in the freezer.
Orange and Cointreau Shot:
- Place the sugar and water in a pot and put on a medium heat, keep stirring until the sugar dissolves and then simmer the liquid for another 2 minutes.
- Add the orange juice and simmer for another 2 minutes and then remove from the heat and leave to cool. Place in an ice-cream machine and churn until you have a smooth sorbet.
- Place some Cointreau in a shot glass, add some orange juice and top up with a tablespoon of orange sorbet. Garnish with a segment of orange.
- To serve, place one jelly on a plate along with a portion of ice cream, a churro and an orange and Cointreau shot.
This recipe is courtesy of Gillian Bowler from her time on The Restaurant.
