Chocolate Orange Almond Pain Au Chocolat

1: Beat the butter and sugar together until very light and creamy.

2: Zest the orange and add in the egg and vanilla extract.

3: Beat everything together and stir in the ground almonds and flour.

4: Squeeze in the juice from the zested orange and stir together before mixing in 2/3 of the flaked almonds.

5: Line a baking tray with non-stick parchment and place your pain au chocolats on it.

6: Tap and open the chocolate orange and pull out 16 segments.

7: Chop up the remaining chocolate into small pieces and fold through the frangipane mix.

8: Slice the pain au chocolats in half and spread half of the frangipane over both halves.

9: Put two chocolate orange segments in each half of the pain au chocolat.

10: Place the lids back on, spread more frangipane over the tops, and scatter over the flaked almonds.

11: Bake in a preheated oven at 180C for approx 15 minutes, until golden brown.

12: Allow to cool slightly, before dusting with icing sugar.