The cream-filled orange cups with chocolate are the perfect dessert to prepare when you have little time.
If you’re looking for a dessert that combines freshness and deliciousness in an original way, the hollowed oranges filled with chocolate cream are the answer you’ve been searching for. This dessert combines the citrus sweetness of an orange with the richness of chocolate cream, creating a real explosion of flavors with every spoonful. Perfect for impressing guests or treating yourself to a moment of pleasure, this recipe is simple yet elegant.
The ingredients needed to make the cream are almost always available in our kitchens, like flour, sugar, eggs, and chocolate, and the oranges… well, those are in season!
In essence, it involves hollowing out the oranges and filling them with a chocolate cream that puffs up like a soufflé in the oven, revealing a delicious cream when you dig in with a spoon.
In short, a dessert that does not go unnoticed!
Discover how to prepare the cream-filled orange cups with chocolate, but before moving on to the recipe, take a look at other interesting recipes.
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- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Affordable
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 4 People
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Creative
- Seasonality: Autumn, Winter, and Spring
- Energy 456.63 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 50.02 (g) of which sugars 38.07 (g)
- Proteins 6.44 (g)
- Fat 26.64 (g) of which saturated 16.58 (g)of which unsaturated 10.03 (g)
- Fibers 4.15 (g)
- Sodium 48.43 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 130 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients
- 4 oranges
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 3.5 oz milk chocolate (or dark)
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour (or type 1)
- 1/3 cup butter
- powdered sugar
- mint (leaves)
Steps
Wash the oranges, cut off the cap to create the base of the cups, and hollow them out using a knife or a spoon.
When cutting the pulp, avoid reaching the white part of the oranges (albedo) to prevent the cream from becoming bitter during cooking.
Melt the chocolate in a double boiler.
Pour the whole egg and yolk into a bowl; add sugar and mix with a hand whisk or fork.
Add the previously melted and cooled butter and mix.
Also add the sifted flour and mix.
Add the melted chocolate and, if desired, a tablespoon of orange juice.
Mix all the ingredients with the whisk.
Fill the oranges with the chocolate cream without reaching the edge.
To prevent the oranges from falling in a baking tray, I preferred to place them in a muffin mold. Bake for 18 minutes at 356°F (180°C).
Out of the oven, dust with powdered sugar and garnish with mint leaves.
Dig the spoon into the cream and enjoy the dessert.
Advice:
The cream-filled orange cups are irresistible hot, but if you have a microwave, you can also prepare them in advance and then heat them for a few minutes so that the cream returns to a fluid state.
Obviously, the orange pulp should not be wasted, you can make a great salad like this, or this one, or blend it and drink a nice juice.
To make the cups with the caps, you have two options: either stick a small piece of a toothpick under each orange with its cap, being careful when eating, or simply place the oranges on the caps because during baking the oranges slightly flatten.
