Indulgent brownies

Hello! I hope that you all managed to have a great weekend no matter where and what you got up to. After an intense Max Fitness class yesterday morning, it was time for some weekend baking. I decided to make some gooey indulgent chocolate brownies for a house party that night and then went on to making more brownies later on during a baking session with a friend. To me, my weekends are never complete without a little fun in the kitchen:)!
Although these brownies are 100% unhealthy, I do believe that a little indulgence now and then is necessary for one's sanity! I remember bringing these into work as an intern and they were an instant hit! These brownies are guaranteed to put smiles on faces wherever you take them. If you do want to healthy version, try my aubergine brownies for rich gooey ones or my sweet potato ones for a lighter, more cake- like one.

INDULGENT BROWNIES

• 185 g dark chocolate, broken up
• 185 g butter
• 3 eggs
• 275 g sugar
• 85 g plain flour
• 40 g cocoa

1. Preheat your oven to 175 degrees Celsius.
2. If you are using a microwave, melt the butter in a large bowl and remove from the microwave. Add in the chocolate pieces and stir around. The residual heat should be enough to melt the chocolate. Alternatively, you can use a double boiler to melt the butter and chocolate together. Once combined, set aside to cool.
3. In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs and sugar until light, fluffy and doubled in volume. This is (muchh!) quicker with an electric mixer and can take between 5 to 10 minutes.
4. Fold the cooled chocolate mixture into the frothy egg mixture, making sure not to over mix.
5. Sieve the flour and cocoa into the batter, folding until the flour is just incorporated, once again, not over-mixing as this would deflate and reverse all the hard work put into beating those eggs!
6. Line a baking tray with some grease proof paper, pour in the brownie batter and smooth the top with the back of a spoon.
7. Bake for 20 minutes, the edges should look crusty and when you shake the pan, the middle should have a slight wobble but still look quite firm. If it is still very wobbly, leave for a couple more minutes before checking again. The trick is not to overcook these as they will continue cooking for a little while out of the oven. Leave to cool before slicing up.

You could jazz these up with some melted white/ milk chocolate, crushed nuts, coconut etc.

Here are a few recent 'foodie moments'. The top two are from this week's vegan dinner party. I definitely do not regret starting this weekly vegan affair. Although it does require a little extra thought and planning, it is great discovering all these new and delicious dishes that I probably wouldn't have tried otherwise! Dessert was this amazing avocado chocolate pie. Bottom left is this simple but delicious tomato sauce I recently made, which will be posted soon and to it's right is a carrot cake I made for my friend's 21st recently.
Enjoy!

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