The 2010 March Daring Baker’s challenge was hosted by Jennifer of Chocolate Shavings. She chose Orange Tian as the challenge for this month, a dessert based on a recipe from Alain Ducasse’s Cooking School in Paris.
A tian is a dish created in layers. This dessert tian is made of three layers. The first layer is a pate sablee (a classic crust for tarts) topped with homemade orange marmalade. The middle layer is stabilized whipped cream sweetened with orange marmalade. The final layer is fresh orange segments soaked in a orange caramel sauce.
You build the dessert upside down and then unmold it so that the bottom layer (the orange segments) becomes the top layer. Then you finish the dessert with a drizzle of orange caramel sauce.
There are quite a few steps to making this dessert; however a lot of them can be made in advance. The orange marmalade can be made several days ahead of time and the orange caramel sauce and orange segments should be made the day before you plan to serve the dessert.
I decided to use Blood (Moro) Oranges for my dessert because of their gorgeous red color. This was my first time making marmalade and this easy, delicious recipe uses the entire orange not just the rind. This is a beautiful, impressive dessert, but it wasn’t a huge hit with my family. Everyone liked it, they just didn’t love it. If I make it again, I’d probably use strawberries and be sure and let it sit in the fridge to thaw for a bit before serving it.
Visit the Daring Kitchen Recipe Achieve for the recipes and the Daring Bakers Blogroll to see the fabulous Orange Tians other Daring Bakers created. Thanks Jennifer for choosing a fun and challenging challenge!
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Oh my gosh!!!that is soooome heavenly dessert…awesome presentation…you have immense talent for baking and presentation as well!
Bravo, well done, its gorgeous. I've opted out of daring bakers officially, because in my humble opinion, it hasn't been about baking (well, enough for me). I had in mind a lot of yeast baking and cake baking.
Love that gorgeous red colour! Wish I stuck to orange of some sort :) Strawberries sound good too.
Stunning! That just looks delicious!
That is a lot of work, but the result is stunning!!
These cakes are beautiful, but your caramel sauce looks unbelievable. It looks so thick, dark and luscious, I would love to taste it.
What a beautiful dessert, Barbara. Your presentations are always gorgeous.
I love the presentation against the blue plate – especially with the big dribbles of caramel. Great job!
I think you did a marvelous job, Barbara! Your finished tian is luscious looking. I'm sorry it wasn't a huge hit with your family after all your work, but it looks wonderful!
Oh my that is so beautiful, Barbara, amazingly beautiful! I want some of that! Stunning! And now I want to go back and make more marmalade with blood oranges and try this again!
I think you and Lori did a good job! Looks fabulous!
Wow! that looks so irresistible.. I love how the caramel is lusciously dripping on the sides..yum! ;)
Wow, I'm impressed again — a gorgeous dessert that would wow a lot of people. So sorry your family didn't love it. My hubby hates when I try new recipes, he just wants me to make his faves all the time.
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Wow. Love your pictures, so beautifully done. The blood oranges were a fantastic choice. I would definitely eat it and love it :)
Love the bright colour and itlooks so so yumm.
I think it looks fantastic! I am so impressed with you daring bakers!
That looks fabulous and delicious. Love the blood orange!
wow your blood orange tian looks gorgeous!
Your tian looks so mouthwatering with the sauce oozing down the sides against the blue back drop. I love the look of the blood oranges! Great work!
Oh my! This challenge snuck up on me, and before your post I thought I would skip it… obviously I'll be late in making and posting, but I will be making it post haste!
Great job! I love your final photo. Your caramel sauce almost looks like chocolate it is such a dark color.
Barbara, I love the blood oranges. And can I just say, as an early follower of your blog, that I think you are taking better and better photos!
Oh, Bárbara, ¡tu Tiana se ve perfecto! Me encanta el color de las naranjas. Great job as usual!!
Your tian looks so appealing. I love the wavy sides and the deep color.
I love the color of your tian. I looked for blood oranges but they are not out yet at my market. A few more weeks and I think I will at least have to do some of the marmalade. I have enver made my own marmalade and this challenge opened my eyes to the beauty of homemade marmalade.
this is absolutely gorgeous! great job!
Wow, the blood oranges really make this a stunning dessert! You did a wonderful job Barbara.
It was very inspired to use blood oranges for your tian! I think it gave it the extra oomphf! Lovely creation and great success!
This sounds sooo good! I've never heard anything like it before. :) I imagine the different layers would provide textural heaven!
Dear,
Tian looks simply fabulous! A very beautiful dessert with eye catching blood orange marmalade. So beautiful to look at that I decided to follow you to make sure I don't miss your lovely baking posts. ;)
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I love the color of the blood orange.I agree strawberries would would make an elegant strawberry shortcake, no caramel just a final drizzles of crushed fresh strawberries.
Mimi
Your Orange Tian came out gorgeous, and I love how you used blood oranges! I've been wanting to make marmalade, so it's good to know that if I make it I can use it in this lovely dessert!
the visual aspect of your dessert is fantastic bravo to you !! Pierre de Paris
Love the rich color,fabulously done :D
Such a beautiful dessert! You did such a good job, Barbara!
The more of these I view, the worse I feel, but at least I did it:)
The blood oranges make a very dramatic orange tian! Lovely photography, too.
I could see the blood orange is the perfect choice for tian. It simply brings out the best in this cake – both in color and taste.
Love the drips and how successfully you have captured that moment! Wonderful photo!!
Sawadee from Bangkok,
Kris
Blood oranges – what a great idea!!! It had to be delicious with that cream … yum!
Cheers. Anula
Your tian is absolutely beautiful, especially with the caramel sauce on top.
Looks brilliant Barbara, I ran out of steam this month but should be back joining you for DB in April.
The colour is brilliant Barbara! I love the shape of yours as well =D. Beautiful job!
Awesme, it looks wonderful!!! So colorful!
This is one of the best I've seen. Delicious!
What an involved dessert! It looks wonderful- you are amazing.
Barbara, from the moment I saw your tian in the DK forum, I knew it was going to be one of the best and it is hands down. So gorgeous and your photos are absolutely stunning! Blue really makes that blood orange pop!
Beautiful job!!