“Want me to whip up something yummy for dessert?”
Who would deny this? Only an idiot. So when you pose this question, without having a real plan or even the knowledge of what is in your pantry, here is something that you can indeed whip up that will stun everyone’s taste buds: Fudge Brownies from The Boy Who Bakes by Edd Kimber. After getting the feedback from a lifelong chocolate addict (my mother) and a couple of other tough critics, I had to barge the word Ultimate in front of Fudge Brownie. I defy anyone to find a better recipe… Although brownies are only ever as good as the chocolate you use, and I use none other than Haigh’s. There is no better chocolate.
These brownies were amazing hot out of the oven, with their molten centre oozing out, reminiscent of a chocolate fondant, and were also amazing the next day when their oozy centres had congealed into dense, moist packages of pleasure. Try pairing them with a lovely dessert wine. If you’re not into dessert wine, get into it.
Ingredients
- 180g plain flour
- 3 tablespoons cocoa
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 300g dark chocolate (I urge you to buy Haigh’s Couveture Block for this)
- 200g unsalted butter
- 150g caster sugar
- 220g light brown sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 180˚C and grease and line a baking tin (23cm x 33cm).
- Sift the flour, cocoa and salt together in a bowl and set aside.
- In a medium pan set over medium heat, melt the chocolate and the butter together, whisk in the sugars and remove from the heat. Firmly whisk in the eggs and the vanilla until fully combined and the batter has slightly thickened.
- Fold in the flour mixture until just combined, and pour into the tin. Bake for 30 minutes or so depending on how oozy you want the centre. I took mine out of the oven when the sides were cooked through but the centre was still runny. Perfect.
