Orange and chocolate Christmas log

Name: Orange and chocolate Christmas log
Uploaded: 2024-12-04T15:33:45Z
Duration: PT562.962S
Channel: Recipe ideas

published on 4 December, 2024 at 16:33

Ingredients:
For the orange cream:
1 egg
50 g sugar
30 g corn starch (corn starch)
200 ml squeezed orange juice
The zest of an orange
15 g butter

For the chocolate ganache:
300 g dark chocolate
300 g liquid cream (minimum 30% fat)
20 g butter

For the Genoise:
5 eggs
120 g sugar
90 g flour
1 pinch salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda (optional)

For the syrup:
80 g water
40 g sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:
1. Orange cream: in a saucepan mix egg, sugar, starch, orange zest and juice. Bring to the heat and thicken. Then add the butter and let cool.
2. Ganache: melt the chocolate in the cream and add the butter. Blend and let cool.
3. Genoise: mix the eggs with the sugar. Then add flour, salt, baking soda and vanilla. Spread the dough on the baking tray and bake at 170° for 10 minutes.
4. Assemble the log and leave it in the fridge for an hour.
5. Decorate and enjoy.

Credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jgtFqfa-VA