Tangerine desserts, ideas?

[aidensnd2]

Anyone have any good ideas for desserts featuring tangerines or oranges? My brain just isn't working and I keep getting hung up on chocolate orange mousse...

[jgm]

How about a tangerine flavored cake or cookie as a component?

Quite a few years ago, a Martha Stewart cookbook had a tangerine mousse recipe that was the reason I bought the cookbook. I never did make the mousse, but I've never forgotten it, and it's on my mental things-to-do list.

Tangerine sherbet?

[KarenS]

Tangerine pudding cake. Tangerine granita with tangerine sherbet. Tangerine panna cotta. Tangerine and vanilla bean semifreddo. Tangerine parfait. Tangerine floating island. Etc...

[Patrick S]

It might not be what you're looking for, but my personal favorite citrus dessert is Marcel Desaulnier's citrus squares with white chocolate icing from his Celebrate With Chocolate, which includes 1/4C orange zest and 1T lime zest. The recipe calls for 2/3C lemon juice, but I always use 1/2 cup lemon juice and make up the difference with orange juice. So, so, good.

Edited December 22, 2004 by Patrick S (log)

[akwa]

tangerine

yogurt

fresh basil

orange flower water

honey

[jgarner53]

tangerine cheesecake

tangerine poundcake

candied tangerine peel

tangerine charlotte

tangerine creme brulée

I'd say anywhere you'd use oranges or lemons, you could use tangerines or mandarins. Go wild!

[Ana Alfaro]

The Japanese and Chinese have a tinned dessert: almond jelly with tangerine slices, sort of their version of fruit cocktail. It is light, refreshing and delicious.

Or try a tangerine poppyseed cake, or a tangerine banana nut bread, with a bit of chinese five-spice thrown in for a nice twist.

[Raquel]

Nigella Lawson has a great flourless cake made from clementines. I tried it last year and loved it. Very dense and moist... The interesting thing about this cake is that you boil the clementines and puree the whole fruit... skin and all, before adding to the mix.

Here's a link to her recipe.

[SethG]

The current issue of Martha Stewart Living actually has several orange and tangerine desserts, including marmalades and cakes.

[jackal10]

Tangerine segments or slices in caramel sauce, with brandy snaps and ice cream

[bakezoid]

Cranberry clementine biscotti from MArcy Goldman at www.betterbaking.com

[melmck]

my personal preference in orange desserts is to have them fresh and never cooked. pate sucre tart crust, sweetened mascarpone, and segmented tangerines, possibly tossed in a vanilla bean syrup. keeps it bright, clean and heavenly. I do the same with blood orange, and grapefruit segments

I also usually do it to order, when I'm preparing them in restaurants. retail bakery is another matter....

also, tangerine sorbet is one of my favorites....

[middydd]

The Epicurious site has a newly posted recipe for an Ambrosia cake with oranges in the filling. I'm thinking of making it this week, it looks very good. It was mentioned in the Slate article where the author cooks an entire meal from each of five or so cooking magazines.

[Swisskaese]

I saw this on a BBC program and it looked interesting:

Buttered Oranges

[CanadianBakin']

The latest issue of Fine Cooking has a recipe for sliced fresh oranges with a caramel sauce that looks delicious. I'm sure clementines would work well too.