RECIPE CORNER

​Elisa-Jade, one of our new members, is a qualified chef with over 29 years’ experience cooking at some of finest places, she currently  heads up a flag ship corporate fine dining kitchen in the heart of surrey.   Food is one of Elisa’s biggest passions and over the years has claimed a number of awards including getting on to MasterChef a few years ago.
 

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Chocolate, fudge and Cornish sea salt brownies

Ingredients

• 225g of unsalted butter
• 275g of 70% bitter chocolate
• 400g of caster sugar
• 5 eggs
• 200g of plain flour
• 100g of fudge, chopped
• 10g of Cornish sea salt

Method

1. Begin the brownies by preheating the oven to 150°C/gas mark 2
2. In a bain marie, melt the butter, chocolate and sugar over simmering water
3. Meanwhile, in a separate bowl, whisk the eggs until light and foamy
4. When the chocolate mixture is melted, carefully fold it into the eggs
5. Sieve the flour and fold it into the chocolate mix. Add in the chopped fudge and the sea salt
6. Pour the batter into a greaseproof paper-lined baking tray and bake for 20 minutes, or until the brownies are cooked so that they are set but still slightly soft in the middle
7. Remove from the oven and cool. Once cool, cut into desired shapes and serve.