Ingredients
- Browned Butter Pastry with Chocolate Lining
- FOR THE PASTRY:
- 1/2 cup + 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1 1/2 tablespoons vegetable oil (I used canola)
- 4 tablespoons water
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 1 scant teaspoons flake salt such as fleur de sel
- 1 1/2 cups + 3 tablespoons all purpose flour
- FOR THE CHOCOLATE LINING:
- 1/3 cup good bittersweet chocolate, chopped (I used Scharffen Berger Bittersweet Baking Chunks with 70% Cacao)
- 2 tablespoons Grand Mariner (optional)
- Bittersweet Chocolate Filling and Chocolate Dipped Orange Peel for Garnish
- FOR THE BITTERSWEET CHOCOLATE FILLING:
- 1 1/2 cups half and half
- 9 ounces good bittersweet chocolate, chopped (This is approximately 1 3/4 cups + 2 tablespoons of Scharffen Berger Bittersweet Baking Chunks)
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon flake salt such as fleur de sel
- 2 large room temperature eggs, beaten
- 1/4 to 3/8 teaspoons chipotle chili powder
- 3/8 teaspoon adobo chili powder
- FOR THE CHOCOLATE-DIPPED ORANGE RIND:
- 1/4 cup good bittersweet chocolate, chopped (I used Scharffen Berger Bittersweet Baking Chunks with 70% Cacao)
- 1 large navel orange
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