Photo's and info from the inaugral meeting

Better late than never!  Though I had better post these before I post them from the second meeting.

First - the recipe of the very yummy chocolate orange petit fours.  A very true orange flavour coming through on them which we all loved.  We are assured that it is easy to make...

Chocolate Orange Petits Fours

Ingredients
1 cup all-purpose flour
2/3 cup dark brown sugar (packed)
2 tbsps cocoa powder (unsweetened)
1/2 tsp salt
7 ozs bittersweet chocolate (unsweetened finely chopped)
1/4 cup unsalted butter (cut into pieces)
2 eggs
2 tsps orange zest (finely grated fresh)
1/2 cup heavy cream (chilled)
1 tsp sugar
4 orange segments (navel, membranes discarded from each and fruit cut into 1/4 inch pieces)
2 round (special equipment: 2 12 inch long sheets of parchment paper; a 1 1/2 inch, fluted cookie cutter)

Method
Whisk together flour, brown sugar, cocoa powder, and salt in a bowl.
Melt chocolate and butter in a metal bowl set over a saucepan of barely simmering water, stirring occasionally until smooth. Remove bowl from heat and stir in eggs, zest, and flour mixture until just combined. (Dough will be soft.)
[At this point I added probably about 1/8 to 1/4 cup of flour as the dough was waaay too soft and would have gone everywhere!]
Roll out dough between parchment sheets into an 8-inch round (1/2 inch thick). Transfer round (still in parchment) to a large baking sheet and chill until firm, at least 1 hour, or freeze at least 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Remove top sheet of parchment paper and replace it loosely. Flip over paper-enclosed round and discard paper now on top. Cut out about 20 cookies with cookie cutter and arrange about 1 inch apart on a buttered large baking sheet. Reroll scraps between parchment sheets and cut out 12 more cookies (chill or freeze dough as needed if it becomes too soft to handle).
Bake cookies in middle of oven until matte (dough will start out shiny and turn dull), about 10 minutes, then transfer with a spatula to a rack to cool completely. (Cookies will have a fudgy consistency.)
Beat cream and sugar with an electric mixer until it just holds stiff peaks. Top each cookie with 1/2 teaspoon cream and a piece of orange.

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