little cherry and chestnut chocolate brownies

servings
50 bite-sized brownies

method

Brownies are absolutely gorgeous. I’ve used cherries and chestnuts in mine – although it may not seem like the most obvious pairing, the chocolate makes them friends and I think they complement each other well. Arrange on boards or plates around the room for people to pick at; there won’t be any left over!

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/gas 4. Line a 20cm x 30cm baking tin with greaseproof paper. In a bowl over a pan of simmering water, melt the butter and the chocolate, mixing gently until smooth. Stir in the cherries and chestnuts then remove from the heat. In a separate bowl, mix the cocoa powder, flour, baking powder and sugar. Add this to your melted chocolate mixture then stir until it’s all combined really well. Beat your eggs then mix these in, too.

Pour this brownie mix into the baking tin, and place in the oven for around 15 to 20 minutes. You don’t want to overcook it, so you don’t want a skewer to come out clean. The brownie should be slightly springy on the outside but gooey in the middle. Allow them to cool in the tray for 30 minutes then carefully turn them out on to a chopping board and cut into 3cm squares. Pile them on plates and dust with icing sugar. Serve with bowls of crème fraîche, with orange zest grated over.

ingredients

• 175g unsalted butter
• 200g best-quality dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids), broken up
• 75g dried cherries
• 75g whole roasted chestnuts, chopped
• 75g cocoa powder, sifted
• 100g plain flour, sifted
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 300g golden caster sugar
• 4 large eggs, preferably free-range or organic
• icing sugar, for dusting
• 1 x 500ml tub crème fraîche, to serve
• zest of 1 orange, to serve

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1. by Laura on Sat 03 Mar 2012 @ 17:46

Delicious, easy recipe to follow!

2. by Laura on Sat 03 Mar 2012 @ 17:45

Easy to follow recipe, these tasted delicious!

3. by josie on Sat 18 Feb 2012 @ 16:42

i had these the other day and they were devine, i didnt use the cherries or the nuts, because they spoil it. But still they were gooey in the middle and i think i am now addicted!

4. by sarah on Sat 07 Jan 2012 @ 18:33

best ever!

5. by Nat on Mon 26 Sep 2011 @ 03:57

I only had 100g chocolate in cupboard so halved the recipe<br /> I used macadamia nuts & dried cranberries instead! <br /> It turned out seriously delish!!

6. by Mandy on Thu 16 Dec 2010 @ 12:36

Could you make this with dried cranberries instead of cherries?

7. by rominaaranda on Fri 02 Jul 2010 @ 23:03

I didn´t have dried cherries; and with less chocolate and a good cocoa powder made in Germany I had got the most wonderful and delicious brownies ever eat, even better than my favorites ones from my favorite tea saloon (even better than ones from starbucks, really!!!!). I´m very happy because it was the first time that I made brownies and they look and taste perfect. Thank u Oliver...

Romina from Chile

8. by katie on Sun 28 Mar 2010 @ 19:42

it looks nice but my sister cant cook lol!

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