Chocolate Orange Lush
Prep Time: 60 mins | Cook Time: 15 mins | Course: Dessert | Serves: 12
Chocolate orange and cheesecake layered dessert with a whipped cream topping; sometimes called Dessert Lasagna or Just Dessert.
Pecan Crust:
¾ cup melted butter
1 ½ cups flour
¾ cup pecans
Orange Cream Cheese Layer:
8 oz cream cheese
1 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 orange, zest and juice of
1 cup heavy cream
Chocolate Pudding Layer:
1 quart milk
¼ cup sugar
¼ cup baking cocoa
¼ cup cornstarch
Pinch of salt
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1 Tbsp frangelico or amaretto, optional
5 oz dark chocolate chips
Cream Cheese Pudding Layer:
8 oz cream cheese
½ cup heavy cream
Whipped Cream Layer:
1 cup heavy cream
¼ cup powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 Tbsp frangelico or amaretto, optional
Dark chocolate bar, grated for garnish
Preheat oven to 375*. Pulse butter, flour and pecans in a food processor until nuts are coarsely chopped. Press into the bottom of a 9.13 baking dish. Bake for 15 minutes then allow to cool to room temperature.
In a stand mixer, whip cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla, and the zest and juice of an orange together until light and fluffy. Spread with a spatula over the crust and refrigerate while making the pudding.
Heat milk over medium-low heat in a saucepan. Whisk sugar, baking cocoa, cornstarch, and salt together in a small mixing bowl. Add the egg and whisk a ladleful of hot milk over the top while whisking. Add more hot milk over to temper the egg. Pour mixture into the saucepan of hot milk whisking until smooth and thickened, turn off the heat. Add in vanilla and frangelico, if using. Allow to cool. Separate 2 cups out for another layer into a mixing bowl. Spread remaining pudding over the orange cream cheese layer and return to the fridge.
Whip cream cheese and the 2 cups of reserved cooled pudding together. Add in the heavy cream and whip until a softly whipped consistency forms. Spread over the pudding and chill again.
Whip the heavy cream with the powdered sugar, vanilla and frangelico, if using until soft peaks form. Spread on top of the dessert. Garnish with grated chocolate and chill until ready to serve.
