The Chocolate Orange Creamy Mousse Type Thing For Food Fight Friday

Hello #fff-ians, I hope you've all had a great week! Here we are, fffriday again. Can't wait to see what you've all been cooking up this week.

Does Anybody Here Reeemeember Amanda Rin?

Now read that again while humming the tune to Pink Floyd's Vera Lynn,… Did you start feeling sad for her?

Ah never mind…

After my post about Amanda last week, Mr @foodfightfriday himself had the idea to set me a challenge…

Ok I got a challenge for you. Next Friday i want to see you make a dessert using mandarins or oranges. Not bought-made by you only. You up for the challenge?

Ok yeah! I'll give it a go!

But I didn't have a clue what make. I did know it had be something good. No, not just good… it had to be great, fantastic, delicious. Only the best is good enough for #foodfightfriday.

Right, what ever I was gonna make, I knew it was time to get my Gordon Ramsey on and turn out something amazing. (Hey, Don't laugh, I was trying to build my confidence!)

First I thought 'Right, I'll make something where Amanda can take her pride of place, I'd make some sort of tart', so I geared up….

With that, wifey appeared in the kitchen.

"What are you doing?"

Well I thought it was obvious and replied "Getting ready to blind bake some pastry!"

Wifey: Don't be funny…

I explained that Mr @foodfightfriday had set me this challenge.

Wifey: Well, you ain't using my cooker!"

Bless her, I'm sure she was concerned for health and safety reasons.

Plan B

The challenge stipulates that I must use Mandarins or Oranges. No problem there, but what was I gonna put with them that doesn't need cooking?!

Ah-Ha, Wifey had an idea… chocolate goes with Orange!

Welcome to the birth of Plan B!

The Chocolate Orange Creamy Mousse Type Thing!

Ingredients:
Digestive biscuits
Butter
Double cream
Chocolate
And of course Mandarins / Oranges

Step 1 Crush the biscuits

Step 2 Put crushed biscuits in bowl, mix in melted butter a bit at a time until crumbs clump together. Then smooth out in a baking tin to form a base. Put in fridge to set. Ok that's more than one step but I'm a bit limited on photos… I had to focus on what I was doing! Multitasking ain't my thing damn it!

Step… the next bit! Squeeze the juice.

Now because we aren't quite as posh as a certain Steemian you might know, we don't have fancy gadgets like this…

[Src: pinched from Mr @jlsplatts](

So I went Old School 😁

Step 4 Whisk the cream until stiff.

Step 5 Melt the chocolate (don't get it too hot though), then stir in orange juice.

Step 6 Fold melted chocolate in to cream (Well that's what wifey said, I used the whisker things 😁).

Step 7 Spread chocolate orange creamy mousse stuff on to biscuit base.

Step… the penultimate bit Put back in fridge to set while you prep your trimmings.

Step add your trimmings Yeah, do that!

Ta-Daaaaaa!

And there she is, Amanda Rin… doesn't she look happy?

That choccy hashtag thing was supposed to be on that pic but I forgot until it was too late... ya gotta be fast in this house when it comes to dessert! 😜

Quantity Serves: Well that depends how greedy you are!

NO MICROWAVES WERE HARMED DURING THE MAKING OF THIS DESSERT! 👍

I guess the big question is… Did I pass the challenge Mr @foodfightfriday?… Did I?… Did I pass?

Thanks for looking

Regards and best wishes - @sivehead