Dessert Recipes - Chocolate and Orange Pots Recipe

Ingredients

• 150 g/5 oz/1 1/4 cups plain (semi-sweet) chocolate

• Grated rind and juice of 1 small orange

• 2 eggs, separated

• 15 ml/1 tbsp caster (superfine) sugar

• Whipped cream, to decorate

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Method:

1. Break up the chocolate and melt in a bowl over a pan of hot water (or melt in the microwave). Stir in the orange rind and juice.

2. Place the egg yolks and sugar in one bowl and the egg whites in another. Whisk the egg whites until stiff, then the egg yolks and sugar until thick and pale.

3. Stir the chocolate mixture into the egg yolk mixture. Fold in the egg whites with a metal spoon.

4. Turn into four individual pots and chill until set. Decorate with whipped cream before serving.