Chocolate Brownie

The name "brownie" comes from the English word brown - brown, because chocolate brownie has a characteristic brown color. Browns are traditionally considered a cake, butthere are different cooking recipes, so your chocolate brownie can eventually resemble a cookie, cake or cake. Usually, before serving, brownies are cut into flat rectangular pieces.

Chocolate Brownie

To prepare brownies for this recipe, we will need to take such products:

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  bitter chocolate - 200 g
• 
  sugar - 200 g
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  unsalted butter - 150 g
• 
  flour - 100 g
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  finely chopped nuts - 0.5 tbsp.
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  eggs - 4 pcs.
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  cocoa powder - 1 tbsp.
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  vanillin - 2-3 bags
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  salt - 0,25 tsp.

Chocolate and butter melt in a water bath beforeliquid viscous consistency, stirring constantly. Then remove the chocolate-oil mixture from the fire and cool it down a little. Add sugar, cocoa powder, vanillin, mix everything. One by one we add eggs, not forgetting to whip thoroughly and mix the chocolate mass. Finally, add flour, nuts and salt, stir the dough until smooth.

The square baking mold is greased with creamybutter, pour the dough into it and bake for about half an hour in the oven, preheated to 180 ° C. We check the readiness of the brownie with a toothpick. If you overstrain the chocolate brownies in the oven, it will be too dry, so watch carefully. The finished dessert is taken out of the oven and allowed to cool. It can be eaten both at room temperature and chilled.

Chocolate brownie with mint

If you like a piquant combination of mint and chocolate, prepare a chocolate brownie with mint. To prepare this dessert, we take the following ingredients.

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  dark chocolate - 200 g
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  Butter - 200 g
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  eggs - 4 pcs.
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  sugar (preferably brown) - 1 tbsp.
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  flour - 1 tbsp.
• 
  vanilla sugar - 1 tbsp.
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  a pinch of salt

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  powdered sugar - 100 g
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  Butter - 50 g
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  mint syrup - 3-4 tablespoons.
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  cream - 3 tablespoons

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  dark chocolate - 100 g
• 
  Butter - 50 g

Melt the chocolate and butter on a water bath. Eggs lightly beat with sugar (plain and vanilla) and salt. Chocolate-oil mixture is mixed with eggs, add flour and mix again. Rectangular baking dish is lubricated with oil, poured into it dough and bake brown for half an hour at a temperature of 200 ° C. Ready to bake let it cool, without taking it out of the mold.

In the meantime, we are preparing mint glaze: beat the butter with sugar powder, add mint syrup and cream, mix thoroughly. The cooled cake is smeared with glaze and put into the refrigerator for 30 minutes. Then we prepare chocolate icing by melting chocolate and butter on a water bath. Smear brownie chocolate glaze over the mint and put in the fridge, until the glaze completely freezes.

Chocolate brownie with ice cream

It is very tasty to eat chocolate brownie with ice cream - this is a wonderful dessert for the summer. For its preparation we take:

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  vanilla ice cream - 600 g
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  dark chocolate - 225 g
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  Butter - 110 g
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  eggs - 4 pcs.
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  sugar - 1 tbsp.
• 
  flour - 0,75 st.
• 
  chocolate crumb - 0,25 st.
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  vanilla extract - 2 tsp.
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  salt - 0.5 tsp.

Chocolate with butter melt in a water bath andlightly cool. Eggs beat with sugar until smooth uniform consistency. Gradually enter the chocolate-oil mixture into the eggs, not stopping whipping. At the end, add flour, salt, vanilla extract, mix thoroughly.

We lay the baking tray with parchment for bakingor foil, lightly oiled. Pour the dough onto baking sheets and bake in a preheated oven to 180 ° C until ready (check with a match). We remove the prepared brownie from the oven and let it cool completely, leaving it on the baking trays. Then we put it in the fridge for two hours.

Then, according to one of the cakes, we distribute ice cream,The second is taken out of the baking tray and we cover the ice cream with them, pressing them down a little. Put the brownie in the freezer for 4 hours at least (preferably at night). Before serving, sprinkle the dessert with chocolate chips and cut into squares or triangles.

Bon Appetit!