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Sunday, 6 January 2013

Fail Chocolate Brownies

For a couple of weeks I had been craving chocolate brownies. With Santa leaving me a new cookbook by Jamie Oliver to work from, I thought I would attempt his recipe "Fifteen Chocolate Brownies". This recipe says you can add different things (if you like), the only thing I added was the nuts. I'm thinking either it was my oven (I need a new one, it doesn't really seal properly), or, with having less bulk ingredients, the mixture was too runny, maybe needing the brownies to be cooked longer. But, as this was a fail for me, it won't prevent me from posting it on here and trying it again another time.

- 250g unsalted butter                        
- 200g dark chocolate, broken up
- 150g dried sour cherries (optional)
- 150g chopped nuts (optional) (I used pecan nuts)
- 80g cocoa powder
- 65g plain flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 350g caster sugar
- 4 eggs
- zest of one orange (optional)
- 250ml creme fraiche (optional)

1. Preheat your oven to 180 degrees celcius. Line a square baking tray.

2. Melt your chocolate and butter together over a pot of simmering water (this was the first time I've melted chocolate this way) until smooth. Add your cherries and nuts.

3. In a separate bowl, mix together the cocoa, flour, baking powder, and sugar, then add it to the chocolate mixture. Stir together well. Beat in the eggs and mix until silky.

4. Pour the mixture into the prepared tin and cook for 25 minutes. The brownies should be springy on the outside but still gooey in the middle. Serve with a dollop of creme friache mixed with some orange zest.


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