Quadruple Chocolate Brownie

As it was a rainy Saturday I thought a spot of baking was in order, but wanted to make something completely indulgent so forget double chocolate or triple chocolate, I decided to go all out and see how much chocolate I could get in it resulting in my Quadruple Chocolate Brownie.

It worked a dream but should come with a health warning as it is full of calories as you would expect.

Quadruple Chocolate Brownie 

Ingredients

175g/6oz plain chocolate powder  (70% cocoa solids) I always use Green & blacks as the best I have ever found

275g/10oz unsalted butter

175g/6oz milk chocolate, cut into large chunks

175g/6oz white chocolate, cut into large chunks

175g/6oz plain flour

1 tsp baking powder

4 large eggs, lightly beaten

1 tsp vanilla essence

325g/12oz caster sugar

85g/3oz white chocolate, cut into small chunks

85g/3oz milk chocolate, cut into small chunks

method

Preheat the oven to 170C/325F/Gas3. Line a 30x20x3.5cm tin with lightly buttered greaseproof paper or foil. I know brownies should be square but I like to use a round tin.

Put the large chunks of milk chocolate & white Chocolate and butter in a large bowl, place over a pan of simmering water and allow to melt.

Sieve the flour and baking powder & plain chocolate powder into a bowl and set aside. Remove the melted chocolate from the heat and stir in the sugar. Add the eggs and vanilla essence. Fold in the flour, and the small chucks of milk & white chocolate.

Pour the chocolate mixture into the prepared cake tin. Place in the oven and bake for 20-25 minutes. The top should be firm but the inside should feel soft when cooked. Allow to cool in the tin. Remove the brownies from the tin .

delays

Sorry It's been a while but my blogger went down and would not let me post.

but I do have a treat for you with Quadruple Chocolate brownie

Comfort food

A few years ago when I was skiing in Austria I had a really nice dish at the top of a mountain.

When I got home I decided I wanted to have a go at making but I could not remember what it was called and I searched the net and could not find a recipe, so I decided to make it up.

So call it what you like a mis mash a sort of hash potato all I know is that when it minus seven below, it’s a great meal.

Ingredients

2 potatoes (diced)

1 Carrot (diced)

1 onion (diced)

1 Parsnip (diced)

(Any sort of root vegetable would be good)

A packet of bacon lardons

1 or 2 Eggs poached or fried

Olive oil

Put the olive oil in a roasting tray and place in the oven to get hot, once hot chuck in all the vegetable and bacon lardons and roast for 40 to 50 minutes. Giving it a few stirs from time to time.

Before serving fry or poach an egg or two.

Place the roasted vegetables and bacon on a plate and place the eggs on top so that when you cut into the egg the yolk it goes all over the vegetable. (don’t forget salt & pepper)

I also serve it will tomato ketchup.

Yum yum

So simple but great comfort food.