The Accidental
Brownies
On the last
day of Croatia I was in using up mode. I saw eggs, chocolate and what I thought
was flour and immediately thought of brownies. (Plus I had been told off
earlier that day by one of the boys for not providing enough between meal
snacks – you would have thought with all that food….-) I also saw some
mascarpone so decided to add them in too. I melted chocolate, a little salt and
butter together in a pan. Meanwhile I whisked the eggs with sugar and added in
vanilla and the mascarpone. I mixed this into the chocolate mix. At this point
I realised that the flour was not actually flour, but cornflour. I debated
throwing the whole mixture away but decided it was a waste of perfectly good
ingredients. So instead I added the cornflour tentatively. I was so nervous
that I only cooked the brownies for 15mins at 140oC before checking every 5mins
to see if they were done. 10mins later they passed my test and I took them out
and let them harden up.
They were a
surprise success, more morish even than Nigella’s brownies (the recipe I would
usually swear by). They proved useful again when my sister was baking for a
gluten intolerant friend; I had accidentally invented my own recipe for the
perfect snack for her.
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