Orange And Milk Chocolate Macaroons

Total Time: 3 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 3 hrs Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 240 g desiccated coconut
• 110 g caster sugar (1/2 cup)
• 1 teaspoon orange zest, finely-grated
• 2 egg whites
• 1/2 cup whipping cream
• 60 g unsalted butter, chopped (no substitutes)
• 180 g milk chocolate (use the best quality you can find or use dark if you prefer)

Recipe

• 1 for filling, combine cream and butter in a saucepan and bring just to the boil.
• 2 remove from heat and add chocolate. stir until smooth and refrigerate until thick. (about 3 hours).
• 3 meanwhile for biscuits, combine all ingredients and stir until mixture comes together.
• 4 flatten mixture between two pieces of plastic wrap until 3-4mm thick.
• 5 using a 4cm pastry cutter, cut out rounds and carefully lift onto a baking paper-lined oven tray. when finished, gather all scraps together and repeat process until all the mixture is used.
• 6 bake the macaroons at 170 degrees centigrade until just beginning to colour around the edges, about 10-12 minutes.
• 7 cool on trays and then sandwich together flat sides of macaroons with a teaspoon of filling per biscuit.
• 8 these biscuits will keep, refrigerated, in an air-tight container for up to 3 days.