Chocolate brownie with vanilla salt and chocolate sorbet

Name: Chocolate brownie with vanilla salt and chocolate sorbet
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 2 tbsp sea salt; Chocolate sorbet; icing sugar, to dust; 20 g chocolate, melted, to paint the plates; 1 vanilla pod, split lengthways; 80 g cocoa powder; 100 g plain flour; 4 large eggs; 260 g caster sugar; 210 g butter, plus extra to grease the tin; 320 g good-quality dark chocolate

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Gourmet Food for a Fiver

By Jason Atherton

Published 2010

About

THIS HAS THE PURE INTENSE CHOCOLATE HIT OF A CLASSIC BROWNIE, WITHOUT ANY NUTS OR DRIED FRUIT AS A DISTRACTION. THE VANILLA SALT ADDS A DELICATE TOUCH AND IS A GOOD FOIL FOR THE SWEET CHOCOLATE; IT’S A PAIRING I WAS INTRODUCED TO IN SPAIN.

Ingredients

Chocolate Brownie:

210 g butter, plus extra to grease the tin
320 g good-quality dark chocolate

Dessert
Cake
Pie
Vegan

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/Gas 4. Grease a 20cm square baking tin and line with baking parchment, leaving a slight overhang on each side to act as handles. Grease the parchment with butter.
Melt the chocolate and butter together in a heatproof bowl set