chocolate fudge brownie

How to make chocolate fudge brownie recipe

Serves 8

Total cooking time 30 minutes

Ingredients:
200 g (7 oz) butter
200 g (7 oz) dark chocolate, chopped
175 g (6 oz) soft dark brown sugar
150 g (5 oz) caster sugar
4 eggs, beaten
50 g (2 oz) ground almonds
75 g (3 oz) plain flour
vanilla ice cream, to serve (optional)

Method:
Melt the butter and chocolate over a low heat in a shallow ovenproof dish, about 23 cm (9 inches) across. Remove from the heat and cool for a couple of minutes.

Beat together the sugars and eggs, then stir in the chocolate mixture followed by the almonds and flour.

Wipe the rim of the ovenproof dish with a damp piece of kitchen paper to neaten, then pour in the mixture. Place in a preheated oven, 180°C (350°F), Gas Mark 4, for 25 minutes until just set.

Serve warm with vanilla ice cream, if liked.

For malted brownie sundaes, bring 150 ml (¼ pint) double cream to the boil in a small, heavy-based saucepan. Remove from the heat and stir in 100 g (3½ oz) chopped dark chocolate until smooth.

Cut 200 g (7 oz) ready-made brownies into small squares and place in the bottom of sundae glasses. Add 2 scoops of vanilla ice cream to each glass, then drizzle over the chocolate sauce.

Roughly crush 50 g (2 oz) malted chocolate sweets and scatter over the top to serve. Total cooking time 10 minutes.

chocolate fudge brownie