Name: Chocolate Brownies with Fudge Sauce
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: ¼ tsp salt; 115 g/4 oz best-quality confectioner's bitter-sweet chocolate; 115 g/4 oz unsalted butter at room temperature; 55 g/2 oz butter; Vanilla ice-cream, to serve (optional); 150 ml/¼ pt light com syrup; 250 ml/8 fl oz double cream; 225 g/8 oz chocolate; 2 tbsp cocoa powder; 150 ml/¼ pt milk; ½ tsp vanilla essence; 55 g/2 oz flour; 285 g/10 oz sugar; 100 g/3½ oz caster sugar; 1 tsp vanilla essence; 1 large egg plus / extra yolk; ¼ tsp baking powder

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Keep it Simple

By Alastair Little and Richard Whittington

Published 1993

About

The saying 'as American as apple pie' could just as easily be made of chocolate brownies. The American love affair with chocolate is well known and in this rich and luxurious version of their ubiquitous classic dessert it is easy to understand why. It is incredibly rich, but try giving people very small portions and watch them come back determinedly for more. The quality of the chocolate is critical, and this is one recipe where an electric mixer is essential - it simply will not work wi