As many of our extract-making pros have learned, vanilla extract is only the beginning of the extract-making world. While waiting for your vanilla extract, you can also make fruit extracts, nut extracts, chocolate and coffee extracts and much, much more.
This orange/cacao extract was shared by one of our most friendly and helpful extract makers and is named after him.
In his own words:
My extract recipe is a little different than some of the other ones I've seen. What flavors go together better than orange and chocolate? Not many. My recipe is:
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3 organic oranges
1/2 cup roasted and ground cacao ( I use what I buy to brew like coffee)
1 cup vodka (I used a locally made vodka called Old Dominick from Memphis, TN)
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Wash and dry the oranges. I used a zester so that I didn't get any pith. Add the cacao to the jar, and then the zest. Pour the vodka over and put a lid on it. Give it a good shake, and let it sit. You will be amazed how wonderful it smells after the first shake.
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After 3 months, strain the extract to remove the orange and cacao. You may want to use a coffee filter to strain it, as there will be a little sediment from the cacao.
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I use this extract in cookies, particularly chocolate chip cookies, but it can also be used in any application where you would use orange extract.
Comments
I buy whole roasted cacao beans from Art of Kava for steeping and snacking. Theyre single origin and freshly roasted by a local bean to bar chocolatier in Jacksonville FL Absolutely fantastic stuff and i think it would be perfect for this!
This recipe sounds good, but I am going to wait to see if the above questions are answered about the cocao before I attempt it. I have organic cocoa in powder form and would like to use that but if not right I don’t want to ruin the recipe. Thanks.
Hey guys! I buy cacao from Crio Bru that is roasted and ground to brew like coffee before I buy it. Cacao nibs will give you a flavor almost identical if you lightly toast them first.
Thanks for sharing it sounds so good!!! I don understand about the cacao if it should be powder or chocolate bean.
I got cacao nibs for another recipe. Could you tell me if these will work for your recipe also ? And how would you roast them or are your beans different? Thanks.
This sounds wonderful. Ive never worked with cocao beans. Where do you find them and do you toast them yourself?
Sounds delicious, I’m going to try this. Thank you for sharing your creation Duane👏😛