Ingredients
Brownies:
- 225g Cake flour
- 60g Cocoa
- 550g Light brown sugar
- 10ml Baking Powder
- 2pinch Salt
- 450g Butter
- 400g Dark Choc (70%)
- 8ea. Eggs
- 2ea. Orange (Zested)
- 1 ea. Orange (Juiced)
- 10ml Vanilla essence
- 55g Slivered Almonds
Candied Orange:
- 1ea. Orange (sliced)
- 200g Sugar
- 225ml Water
To Assemble:
- 100g Dark chocolate
- 55g Slivered Almonds
- 100g Icing sugar
Preparation method
Dark Chocolate and Orange Brownies:
- Preheat the oven to 180ºC.
- Line a large rectangle tin with baking paper
- Put the butter, sugar, and dark chocolate in a large heatproof bowl.
- Melt over pot of simmering water.
- Leave to cool.
- Combine eggs, vanilla, salt, orange juice and zest. Whisk together.
- Whisk the orange and egg mixture into the cooled melted chocolate.
- Sift flour, cocoa and baking powder onto the chocolate mix and fold in.
- Fold in almonds. Pour into the prepared tin.
- Bake for 30 - 35 minutes.
- When done, let the brownies cool completely in tin before tipping out.
Candied Orange Slices:
- Dissolve sugar in water in large saucepan on medium heat.
- Add orange slices in a single layer and reduce heat to simmer.
- Cook in sugar, flipping once, until sugar thickens to syrup (+/- 20min).
- Remove orange slices and place on baking paper.
- Once cool, transfer to wire rack to dry.
To Assemble:
- Melt chocolate over pot of simmering water.
- Toast almonds on medium heat in non-stick pan.
- Cut brownies into 12 squares.
- Place a slice of Candied orange on each brownie
- Drizzle with dark chocolate and garnish with slivered almonds
- Dust with icing sugar