Orange pumpkin-face sandwich biscuits
Orange shortbread sandwiches with chocolate mascarpone and cut-out faces.
Active time35 min
Cooking15 min
Total2 h 30 minResting : 1 h 30 min
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Ingredients
- 1 orange
- 140 g unsalted butter
- 100 g mascarpone
- 25 g dark chocolate
- 175 g plain flour
- 1 tsp icing sugar for the filling
- 50 g icing sugar for the dough
- 50 g icing sugar for the glaze
Preparation
Let the butter soften. Wash the orange and finely grate the zest. Beat the softened butter. Mix in the flour, dough sugar and zest. Gather into a ball, cover and chill for 60 minutes.
1 orange140 g unsalted butter175 g plain flour50 g icing sugar for the dough- grater
- bowl
- whisk
- lid
Heat the oven to 180 °C. Roll the dough between baking paper to three millimetres thick. Cut discs with a cutter. Cut eyes and mouths into half of them with a knife. Bake for 15 minutes until pale golden. Cool.
- oven
- rolling pin
- baking paper
- cutter
- knife
- trays
Melt the chocolate over simmering water and cool slightly. Mix the mascarpone, filling sugar and chocolate. Squeeze the zested orange to obtain 15 ml juice. Mix it with the glaze sugar. Spread the plain biscuits with cream, top with the faces and brush with glaze.
100 g mascarpone25 g dark chocolate1 tsp icing sugar for the filling50 g icing sugar for the glaze- saucepan
- bowl
- citrus press
- spoon
- brush
Allergens
- Gluten
- Milk
Sources and credits
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