I Love Brownies (and their creator)

You know that moment when you look at someone and realise for the first time that you truly truly love them, always will and will spend the rest of your lives together?

I experienced that feeling the very first time i ate one of my girlfriends triple chocolate brownies.
I Love You, I Love You, you have made me the happiest person in the world!
I think this must be how it feels for a woman when the man they love proposes to them...

The fact the recipe is actually one of Anthony Worral Thompsons doesn't change how much i love Rachel but it does mean i feel some of that very same love for the little yorkshire terrier, and have no problem with that... He might though if i ever meet him, Rachel accuses me of 'Lennying her' on occasion and the celeberity chef will get some of the same treatment!

Here's the recipe - so if you're a girl and looking to tie a good man down or a guy and don't want to rely on a woman for anything then give it a try!
Most recently i served the brownies warm with ice cream and drizzled with a little blackberry coulis (red berries would also be lovely!)
 

Ingredients -
275g/10oz plain chocolate (70% cocoa solids)
275g/10oz unsalted butter
85g/3oz pecans, broken into pieces
85g/3oz milk chocolate, cut into large chunks
85g/3oz 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
 

For the Coulis -
250g Blackberries
50g Golden Caster Sugar
1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract
 

  

 

• Preheat the oven to 170C/325F/Gas3. Line a 30x20cm tin or dish with lightly buttered greaseproof paper.

• Put the plain chocolate and butter in a large bowl and melt ( microwave will do ). Sieve the flour and baking powder into a bowl.

• Stir the sugar into the melted chocolate then add the eggs and vanilla essence. Fold in the flour and baking powder, nuts and 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, it should have a little shake to it! Cool and then chop into small bite size or big fist size squares

For the coulis -

• Put the blackberries and sugar into a small pan with 100ml/31⁄2fl oz water. Bring to the boil, then simmer for 5 mins until the fruit is soft. Stir in the vanilla, remove and cool a little.

• Tip the contents of the pan into a blender or food processor, and whizz to a purée, then strain through a sieve, rubbing it through with the back of a ladle or spoon.

 
Serve the brownie warm with good quality vanilla ice cream drizzled with the coulis.