Prunes, Bitter chocolate, Brownies

Chocolate brownies with prunes

Name: Chocolate brownies with prunes
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 9
Ingredients: 2 eggs; vanilla; 120 g butter at room temperature; 250 g dark chocolate (min. 72%); 60 g wheat flour; 30 g cocoa powder; 180 g fine granulated sugar; 1 st. chopped plums (cherries, raspberries); 50 ml aromatic alcohol (cognac, brandy)

October 26,2022

Very, very chocolate! You can use cherries, cranberries, raspberries. The taste is very intense.

Ingredients

Servings 9

2 eggs
vanilla
120 g butter at room temperature
250 g dark chocolate (min. 72%)
60 g wheat flour
30 g cocoa powder
180 g fine granulated sugar
1 st. chopped plums (cherries, raspberries)
50 ml aromatic alcohol (cognac, brandy)

Cooking

Step 1

Soak the berries in alcohol for at least an hour. Drain, cut into small pieces.

Step 2

Coarsely chop the chocolate and, stirring occasionally, melt in a water bath. Cool for 5 minutes. Line a 20 x 20 cm square dish with baking paper. Preheat oven to 175 ºC.

Step 3

In a deep bowl, beat sugar with butter and vanilla with a mixer until a fluffy light consistency. Whisking continuously, add eggs one at a time and melted chocolate. In a small bowl, mix flour, baking powder, cocoa powder and prepared berries.

Step 4

Add the flour mixture in two additions, mixing gently and thoroughly with a wide spatula after each addition.

Step 5

Pour the batter into the prepared pan, flatten and place in the preheated oven. Bake for 25 minutes. Cool the brownies in the mold for 20-30 minutes. Cut into 9-12 portions. Decorate with cocoa powder if desired.