Double Chocolate Orange Pots

It's the husband's birthday on Monday, but we are having a sort of birthday weekend. Tonight we are off to his parent's for dinner (Italian Chicken), Friday we are having friends round for dinner (Italian Buffet), Saturday we are going out to Livebait (fish!), Sunday dinner at my parents house (Yellow Chicken - a curry dish). The eating is going to be great! I just need to make the Italian buffet and the dessert for tonight and Friday.

I have decided to make some Double Chocolate Orange Pots when my Sainsburys order comes, four for tonight and four for Friday, the husband will happy eat them two nights in a row. The recipe is for a tart really, and you can bung it all in a tart case if you eat gluten. But who wants to eat the pastry really? The filling is the good stuff.

This recipe makes eight ramekins full, don't be tempted to squeeze the mixture into less larger pots, its very rich and will just go to waste. You can also make it in little coffee cups, that looks nice. This does use raw eggs, but the warm chocolate cooks them a bit, similar to a custard and it ends up like a thick chocolate mouse. Make sure you use nice fresh free range organic eggs with the lion mark if you can.

eggs 2
egg yolks 3
unsalted butter 300g
caster sugar 50g
quick set orange jelly 1 packet
oranges 3, finely grated zest of 1 and juice of 3
Green & Blacks dark chocolate 300g

Heat the orange juice and dissolve the jelly in it, add the zest when it has cooled a bit, this will make thick jelly, pour into your ramekins while warm and leave to set. Melt the chocolate in a bowl over hot water, stir in the butter and melt that too, remove from the heat. Using an electric whisk beat the sugar with the whole eggs and egg yolks till it goes all thick and pale, then slowly pour in half the warm chocolate mixture and gently mix in. Pour this on top of the jelly. Chill till set, then re-melt the remaining chocolate mixture and pour this on the top. Chill till set, and then take out of the fridge about 30 mins before you serve them to soften up a bit.

I will post a picture after I have made them later!