Name: Sweet & Salty Brownie
Yield: Yield: 12 large Brownies or 24 small Brownies
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 5 large eggs, at room temperature; 1 teaspoon fleur de sel; ½ cup heavy cream; 1½ cups sugar; 2 tablespoons dark unsweetened cocoa powder (like Valrhona); 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 1½ teaspoons fleur de sel; 1 teaspoon salt; 1¼ cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon Coarse sugar; 11 ounces quality dark chocolate (60 to 72%), coarsely chopped; ¼ cup sour cream; 2 tablespoons light corn syrup; 1 cup sugar; ½ cup firmly packed light brown sugar; 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into 1-inch cubes

Preparation info

Yield:
12
large Brownies

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Baked Explorations

By Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito

Published 2010

About

The genesis behind the formation of our bakery, baked, was to elevate the classic american brownie from ubiquitous mediocrity to bona fide luxury. It is brownie as fetish. The Sweet & Salty Brownie is the Baked brownie in extreme, a decadence on par with other, more well-known (and perhaps more respected) desserts. The brownie itself is a riff on our famous deep, dark brownie (sans instant espresso powder) filled with a smoky, dark caramel and topped with just a hint of sea salt and sug