Double-chocolate Brownie

Allo Guyyys ! 

To celebrate Easter holiday, I've decided to bake a brownie.

As it is the celebration of chocolate, among other things, I've decided to make one with a double dose of this wonderful ingredient which is chocolate !!

This brownie is made with dark and white chocolate (I admit, I choose the side "white chocolate is not real chocolate", but my friends like it so i decided to tried). If you're a dark chocolate lover, I advise you to use only dark one ! 

Diabetic people must be careful, this recipe is very very sweet ! 

What you need : 

180 g Butter
150 g Self-raising flour (1 Ikea Mug) 
275 g Sugar (1 ¼ Ikea Mug)
3 large eggs
75 g dark chocolate
75 g white chocolate
100 g hazelnuts (1 handful) 
1 table spoon cocoa powder 


Method : 

Melt butter and sugar in pan over medium heat.
Stir flour and crack in the eggs
Divide between two bowls
Chop dark chocolate and white, without mix them.
Chop nuts 
Mix cocoa, dark choc and half nuts in the first bowl 
Stir the white chocolate and the remaining nuts in the other bowl 

Place alternate spoonfuls into a prepared dish (greased and dusted)  

Bake for 40 min, remove for the oven when un inserted knife comes out clean.

Pictures : Pichara

And you, what did you bake for Easter ?

Chocolate and Bunnies my Dear !

Brookies

Hello everyone ! 

You want a cookie but deep down you're a chocolate lover? 

You don't know what to choose between Cookies and Brownies for tea time ?

Lucky you, here is the answer : the fabulous Brookies !!

You can make it as a large cake or with a cookie-size, what I did and to be true it's a bit easier.

This recipe is for more than 50 pieces, so if you don't have the chance to live with 10 people you can freeze them or juste keep it in a sealed box, but it might get dry. (the best answer is always to eat those 5 min after the baking of course)

Here we are, you'll need : 

For the brownie dough : 

• 140 g melted butter 
• 125 g sugar (1/2 Ikea mug)
• 125 g brown sugar (1/2 Ikea mug)
• 1 egg
• 1 yolk egg
• 210 g flour (1 1/2 Ikea mug)
• 40 g cocoa (1/2 Ikea mug) 
• 1 teaspoon baking soda (if the flour isn't self raising) 

For the cookie dough : 

• 300 g flour (2 Ikea mug) 
• 140 g melted butter
• 125 g sugar (1/2 Ikea mug) 
• 125 g brown sugar ( 1/2 Ikea mug)
• 1 egg
• 1 yolk egg
• 1 teaspoon baking soda (if the flour isn't sefl raising) 
• 190 g chocolate chunk 

Method :

Prepare the brownie dough : 

   mix butter with sugar and brown sugar 

   add the egg and yolk egg 

   add the filtered flour and cocoa and baking soda

Then prepare the cookie dough :

    same steps and add the chocolate chunk at the end 


Then, make small balls with each dough (you can take a melon baller  to have the same measure). Stick then together, roll them slightly, crush it slightly (the dough will spread a bit during the baking) on a parchment-lined baking sheet. 

Bake in preheated 180°C oven, 8 to 10 min according the size of your brookies 
Remove from oven when contour start colouring and middle not baked.

Chill on the sheet for 3 min and enjoyyy !

If you face any problem, tell me in comment and I'll try to help you !

Picture : Pichara

Chocolate and raw dough my Dear !

Grilled Cheese

Hello you !

Today a special recipe inspired by the best food company ever : CAFITI (click to discover their products) 

The point is to make a grilled cheese with an extra. CAFITI is adding its green pepper jelly and also apple. I've tasted it and I can tell you this grilled cheese is DE-LI-CIOUS!!

CAFITI recipes 

I don't have the CAFITI green pepper jelly here in Scotland so I decided to change the recipe with what I found at the supermarket : Jallapeno Chilli Jam

Well, Okay. 

That's not the same at all BUT this recipe is also an other one for grilled cheese to be different from what we are used to ! So here is what you need :

• Bread
• Bacon 
• Peer or Apple
• Jam or Jelly (the flavour you like !)
• Cheese 
• Butter 

Cook the bacon

Spread the jam / jelly on 2 slices of bread

On one put cheese, bacon, some peer or apple pieces (I used a peeler to make it thinner), bacon, cheese again and close it with the second slice of bread. 

On a hot fried pan put a large bit of butter (salted) (obviously) (#BZH) and cook the grilled-cheese-to-be until the cheese is melted. 

Quite simple, it's ready to be eaten!

Bacon & Cheese my Dear !

Picture Credit : Pichara

Pancake

Today's special : The American Pancake 

I want to thank Joséphine for her recipe that I must admit, makes the best pancakes I've ever eaten! 

To prepare 20-25 pancakes you need : 

• 4 eggs
• 300 g of self raising flour (1 IKEA cup and a half)
• 300 mL of milk (1 IKEA cup)
• 3 ½ soup spoons of sugar
• 30 g of butter

First you have to separate the egg white from the yolk 

In a bowl, mix egg yolk with sugar until frothy. Add the filtered flour, then drizzle the milk and the melted butter.

Place the egg whites in a clean bowl and beat them with an electric whisk by using a sauce pan, a whisk and a little elbow grease (that works!) until they form peaks. 

Incorporate the egg white into the first mix but don't crush them. Tricks and tips to see the method.

You can finally pour a ladle of the paste on a frying pan warm enough and where you had previously put butter on. Return the pancake when the border is colouring and the first bubbles have formed on the surface.  

Maple syrup & Nutella My Dear