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Chocolate & Pear Brownies
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Category
Puddings and desserts
Cuisine
British
Author:
Emily Davenport
Servings
16 pieces
Prep Time
15 minutes
Pears and dark chocolate are a classic match: here they meet in a gooey brownie. Chocolate & Pear Brownies are taken from the Four Seasons Cookbook.
Ingredients
- Unsalted butter 200g (7oz), cut into cubes
- Dark chocolate (70%) 200g (7oz), broken into chunks
- Eggs 3
- Golden caster sugar 275g (10oz)
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Plain flour 100g (3½oz)
- Cocoa powder 2 tbsp
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Pears 2, chopped into 2cm (¾in) cubes
Directions
Preheat the oven to 180°C/160°fan/Gas 4
- Grease a 20 x 30cm (8 x 12in) baking tin and fully line with non-stick baking paper
- Put the butter and chocolate into a bowl then set over a pan of gently simmering water, stirring occasionally, until completely melted
- Remove from the heat
In a large bowl, using a hand-held electric mixer, whisk the eggs and sugar together for 4-5 minutes until pale and doubled in volume
- Carefully but thoroughly fold the melted chocolate through the egg mixture
- Sift over the flour and cocoa powder and fold through the mixture
- Pour the mixture into the prepared tin and level with a spatula
- Scatter the chopped pears evenly over the top
Bake for 20-25 minutes until the top is papery and shiny and the sides are just coming away from the edge of the tin
- Leave to cool completely in the tin then cut into pieces.
