Chocolate-covered oranges

10 servings
1 hour

How do you make oranges in chocolate? Prepare the necessary ingredients. Take two large oranges, black chocolate, which, if desired, can be replaced with milk.

Wash the oranges well under running water, as they will be cooked with peel. Cut them into circles, about 5mm thick. If you cut oranges thinner, then the flesh will fall apart, and if thicker, then the peel will remain bitter.

Pour water into the pan, put on the heat. Take quality filtered water. Lower the orange wedges into boiling water for 3-4 minutes.

Transfer the oranges to a colander and let drain the water. It is when cooking that all the bitterness from the orange skin goes away.

Pour about 600ml of water into a suitable saucepan and pour in the sugar (or sugar substitute, which is not afraid of heat treatment), put on a heat and wait until all the sugar has dissolved. Transfer the fruit wedges to a pan of syrup. Cook over very low heat for one hour. Check periodically if the water boils, add some more. It is necessary to cook until the peel of oranges becomes almost clear, amber.

Remove the oranges with a syrup spoon and place them on a rack, which you can place on a baking sheet. Send to the oven preheated to 130 degrees for 20-25 minutes. Then let the oranges cool.

These are the solar wedges that turned out. You can decorate cakes or desserts with these wedges, or just eat with tea.

In a steam bath or microwave, melt the chocolate. If you get low-quality chocolate, and lumps form, add a little milk and butter, stir well.

Gently dip up to half the orange wedges into the chocolate, place on baking paper or a flat plate greased with butter. Do not put the dish in the refrigerator, wait until the chocolate sets like this. I decorated the finished orange wedges in chocolate a little, sprinkling with multi-colored coconut chips.