Orange Walnut Bark Food

ORANGE-WALNUT BUCHE DE NOEL

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Coat a 12-by-17-inch rimmed baking sheet with cooking spray. Line with parchment paper. Spray and flour parchment, tapping off excess; set aside. In a food processor, pulse walnuts and flour until coarsely ground; set aside.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer, whisk egg yolks with 5 tablespoons sugar until thick and pale. Beat in vanilla. In a clean mixing bowl fitted with a clean whisk, beat egg whites with salt until soft peaks form. Gradually add remaining 5 tablespoons sugar, beating until stiff (but not dry) glossy peaks form. Fold egg whites into yolk mixture in 3 equal batches, and add walnut mixture with last batch.
• Spread batter evenly on prepared baking sheet. Bake until top is golden and springs back when touched, about 30 minutes. Run a small, sharp knife around edges of cake; invert cake onto a clean kitchen towel dusted with confectioners' sugar. Peel off parchment paper. Starting at a short side, gently roll the cake into a log, incorporating towel. Transfer to a wire rack, and let cool completely, about 1 hour.
• Reserve 1 1/2 cups mascarpone filling. Unroll cake and spread remaining filling on top, leaving a 1/2-inch border on all sides. Carefully reroll cake (without towel). Arrange, seam-side down, on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Using a serrated knife, trim ends of log. Spread reserved filling over log. Working quickly, arrange chocolate bark all over log, overlapping pieces slightly. Refrigerate until firm, at least 1 hour. Garnish with acorns and leaves, if desired; dust with confectioners' sugar before serving.

CHOCOLATE-ORANGE HAZELNUT BARK

Steps:

• Line a small (9-by-13-inch) baking sheet with aluminum foil; refrigerate. With a vegetable peeler, remove zest from half the orange. With a sharp knife, cut zest into very thin strips, each about an inch long.
• Place chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over (not in) a pan of simmering water. Stir until melted and completely smooth. Mix in half the zest and hazelnuts. Immediately, pour onto prepared baking sheet; with a flexible rubber spatula, spread into an 8-by-10 inch rectangle about 1/4-inch thick. (To help spread chocolate, tip baking sheet up and down.) Sprinkle with remaining zest, nuts, and coarse salt.
• Refrigerate until firm, about 30 minutes. To serve, break into pieces. To store, transfer to an airtight container, and refrigerate, up to 3 days.

SHERRIED ORANGE WALNUTS

Steps:

• Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil or parchment paper.
• Place the brown sugar, white sugar, salt, sherry, orange zest, and orange extract into a heavy saucepan, and stir until well combined. Bring to a boil over medium-low heat, stirring constantly; boil for 1 minute. Stir in the butter. Remove from heat, and stir in the walnut halves to coat with syrup.
• Spread the candied walnut halves out onto the prepared baking sheet, and allow to cool thoroughly, at least 1 hour. Break into bite-size chunks to serve.

ORANGE WALNUT BARK

Steps:

• Before starting prepare a cookie sheet or silpat sheet with a very light coating of vegetable oil cooking spray.
• Set up a double boiler with hot water just barely at a simmer. Place the top half of the boiler on top and add two thirds of the chocolate chips.
• Stirring regularly, melt the chips for a minute or two until the chocolate is smooth. Don't let the chocolate get too hot or it will need to be tempered again.
• Once the chocolate is smooth and glossy, add the remaining third of the chips and stir for 20 seconds.
• Add in the walnut pieces and orange peel. Stir just until mixed.
• Pour out the chocolate onto the prepared sheet and allow it to fully cool. The thickness is a matter of personal preference.
• Break the bark into pieces and enjoy.

GOLDEN ORANGE & WALNUT FLAPJACKS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180C/gas 4/fan 160C and generously butter a 28 x 18cm shallow baking tin. Melt the butter, sugar and syrup over a medium heat, stirring all the time. Take off the heat and stir in the oats, walnuts and orange zest. The mixture should be quite soft.
• Tip the mixture into the baking tin and level it off. Bake for around 30 minutes or until the edges are golden brown but the centre is still a little soft. Remove from the oven and mark into 12 pieces while it is still warm, cutting down halfway through the mixture with a sharp knife. Leave to cool.
• Heat the marmalade with 1 tbsp water until it becomes syrupy. Brush this glaze over the flapjack mixture and leave to cool before cutting into 12 pieces. They will keep in an airtight tin for up to a week.

CRANBERRY WALNUT BARK

Steps:

• Melt white chocolate chips in a double boiler or use a microwave. (Microwaves vary, approximately one minute for microwave).
• Add cranberries, walnuts and pretzel pieces.
• Drop by teaspoons onto wax paper.
• Store in a covered air tight container once hardened.

ORANGE WALNUT BAR CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 180 degrees C.
• Grease a loaf or square cake tin well with some butter and line the base with baking paper.
• Cream the butter, sugar and grated rinds until light and fluffy.
• Add the eggs, one at a time, and beat in well.
• Fold through the sifted flour.
• Stir in the walnuts, followed by the orange juice and then the milk.
• Pour into the prepared tin and sprinkle with the 2 teaspoons sugar.
• Bake for about 50 minutes.
• Stand for a few minutes then cool on a wire rack.
• To make the frosting, cream the butter in a small mixing bowl until light.
• Beat in the icing sugar.
• Add the rind and juice then beat at high speed with electric mixer for a few minutes until frosting is stiff enough to shape easily but not too stiff to spread.
• If it's too thin add more sifted icing sugar.
• If too thick add some more juice or water.
• When the cake has cooled frost with the prepared frosting.

CHOCOLATE ORANGE HAZELNUT BARK

Steps:

• Using aluminium foil line a 9 by 13 inch baking sheet and refrigerate it.
• Remove zest from half the orange with a vegetable peeler.
• Cut it into thin strips, about an inch long each.
• Put chocolate in a heat proof bowl set over a pan of water that is simmering.
• Mix well until melted and smooth in texture.
• Fold in half the zest and nuts.
• Immediately, now pour this mixture onto the refrigerated sheet.
• Using a rubber spatula, spread mixture into an 8 by 10 inch rectangle about 1/4 inch thick.
• Sprinkle with remaining zest, nuts and salt.
• Refrigerate for 30 minutes or until firm.
• Break into pieces and serve.
• Transfer to an airtight container and store refrigerated for 3 days.
• Enjoy!

ORANGE, WALNUT & STILTON SALAD

Steps:

• Empty the salad bags into a large bowl. Peel the oranges over a small bowl to catch the juices; then, over the same bowl, cut the segments from the pith. Whisk the walnut oil into the orange juice, season, and pour over the salad leaves. Toss the salad, then arrange on a large platter. Scatter over the orange segments, walnuts and stilton.

ORANGE WALNUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350*.
• Grease an 8in loaf pan.
• Combine dry ingredients in small bowl.
• In lg bowl, beat butter and sugar until fluffy.
• Add egg yolks, one at a time, beat well.
• Add orange peel.
• Add flour mix and orange juice, alternately.
• In small bowl, beat egg whites until stiff.
• Gently fold egg whites and walnuts into batter.
• Pour into pan.
• Bake for 50-60 minutes, until bread tests done.
• Mix orange juice and powdered sugar together.
• Spoon over the bread as soon as it comes out of the oven.
• Let cool in pan 10 minutes.
• Remove and cool completely.

CRANBERRY ORANGE WALNUT OATMEAL BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat a 9x13-inch metal baking pan with spray oil.
• Combine oil, juice, sugars, eggs, and vanilla in a large mixing bowl; whisk until smooth.
• In a separate bowl, combine flour, oats, baking soda, and salt. Whisk gently for 1 minute to combine.
• Add flour mixture in batches to egg mixture. Stir well. Stir in cranberries and walnut pieces.
• Batter will be stiff. Spread in prepared 9x13-inch pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees F for 35-40 minutes, until golden brown, center is firm to touch, and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Allow to cool slightly before cutting.
• Keeps 1-2 days at room temperature, or 3-4 days when refrigerated.