Soft vanilla and chocolate Christmas balls made with olive oil

Huile d'olive de Nyons PDO
Subtle flavour
Boules de Noël moelleuses vanille-chocolat à l'huile d'olive
A PDO
Preparation
20 min
A PDO
Cooking time
25 min
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Ingredients

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For 6 personnes
  • 90g of mild-flavoured olive oil
  • 6 eggs
  • 150g of sugar
  • 1 sachet of vanilla sugar
  • 100g of flour
  • 120g dark chocolate
  • 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla powder
Royal icing with olive oil:
  • 1 teaspoon of mild-flavoured olive oil
  • A few drops of lemon juice
  • 100 to 150g icing sugar

Tip

To make these Christmas baubles, choose a fairly mild oil with aromas of dried, ripe, red and exotic fruits. The PDO Nice or Nyons varieties are ideal, as are oils made from the Lucques, Négrette, Bouteillan, Tanche and Cailletier varieties, amongst others...The festive season is the perfect time to make some lovely desserts… Discover our recipes for: > Champagne and olive oil cupcakes > Cinnamon and olive oil stars > Cinnamon and olive oil rolls > Olive oil cake

Instructions

  • Recipe
  • Preheat the oven to 180°C.
  • Separate the egg yolks from the whites.

  • In a mixing bowl, whisk the egg yolks and sugar until the mixture becomes frothy. Add the flour, stirring regularly, then the mild-flavoured olive oil.

  • Divide the dough into two.

  • To one half, add the vanilla extract and vanilla powder.

  • Melt the chocolate in a bain-marie and add the melted chocolate to the second half of the dough.

  • Whisk the egg whites until stiff. Gently fold them into each half of the batter.

  • Grease and flour some Christmas bauble-shaped moulds.
  • Vary your creations: 100% chocolate, 100% vanilla, or make two-flavour treats by alternating the mixtures in the moulds.
  • Bake immediately for 15 to 20 minutes (depending on the oven). Then leave to cool completely.
  • If you wish, make some olive oil royal icing to decorate your balls. Mix the olive oil with the icing sugar, whisking vigorously, and add a few drops of lemon juice. The icing should be neither too runny nor too thick; adjust the amount of sugar or olive oil as required. Then decorate your balls however you like.

Tip

To make these Christmas baubles, choose a fairly mild oil with aromas of dried, ripe, red and exotic fruits. The PDO Nice or Nyons varieties are ideal, as are oils made from the Lucques, Négrette, Bouteillan, Tanche and Cailletier varieties, amongst others...The festive season is the perfect time to make some lovely desserts… Discover our recipes for: > Champagne and olive oil cupcakes > Cinnamon and olive oil stars > Cinnamon and olive oil rolls > Olive oil cake
We recommend...

For this recipe, choose a PDO huile d'olive de Nyons (subtle taste) for its notes of dried fruit and buttery flavour, possibly accompanied by hints of fresh hazelnuts and/or freshly cut grass.

Don’t have any? Then choose a PDO huile d'olive de Nice!

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