And so the Chocolate Orange adventure continues, time for part 2! Another friend of mine who is leaving once introduced me to what is now one of my favourite drinks: Licor 43 (a vanilla liqueur). I couldn't find a more fitting way to say good-bye to him than by making... *insert drumroll*.... Licor 43 tartlets! Oh yes. I found the recipe on the official Licor 43 website. Unfortunately it didn't come with a picture, so I have no idea what they were supposed to look like, but I think mine turned out more than alright! Let's have a look:
For the base I smashed some digestive biscuits (and actually broke my rolling pin in the process - in the mean time I figured out I can do the same thing with my mini blender..sigh) and mixed them up with melted butter. After placing a small bit of baking paper at the bottom of each cup I filled a muffin tray with the cookie crumble mixture, shaping it so that they would be little cups. After leaving them in the fridge for a couple of hours I filled them with a chocolate/licor 43/gelatine mixture and again, let that sit in the fridge for a few hours.
What came out were really cute little chocolate mousse-like tartlets! Unfortunately getting them OUT of the muffin tray is something I hadn't thought about quite as much as I should have! They came out, though a little crumbly.
Inspired by some friends' pictures I couldn't resist when I found this sugar alphabet sprinkles in the shops. I had bought it a while ago, and figured this was the perfect occasion to use them. Decorating the tartlets in another way would take away from the effect and I wanted to do something cute. So I wrote my friend a goodbye-cake message :D And for the remaining tartles I might or might not have used left over ganache from the earl grey cupcakes. Shhtttt :P
I think this "stuffing-his-face" picture attests to the success of the Chocolate Orange adventure, part 2! (and don't mind creepy dude in the background ;) ;) )
xoxo
Jennifer
2 comments:
As these don't go in the oven why not line the tin with clingfilm - that would make them easier to get out and maybe your crumb base could have been a bit moister -bit more butter
Ahh yes clingfilm, that's a good idea! I will definitely remember that for next time. And yes I had already figured out that the crumb base was probably lacking in butter. Thank you for the tips!!
Jennifer
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