40 min.
Chocolate Covered
Strawberry Brownies
Delicious sweets
These brownies are absolute perfection. Ultra dense and fudgy brownies topped with fresh strawberries and smothered in rich dark chocolatey ganache.
60 min.
Ingredients
for 12 brownies
200 g dark chocolate 75%
250 g butter
200 g cane sugar
150 g flour
4 eggs
40 g bitter cacao
4 g baking powder
1 pinch of salt
500 g strawberries
for the ganache
350 g dark chocolate 60-65%
250 g very fresh liquid cream
Fleur de sel
200 g dark chocolate 75%
250 g butter
200 g cane sugar
150 g flour
4 eggs
40 g bitter cacao
4 g baking powder
1 pinch of salt
500 g strawberries
for the ganache
350 g dark chocolate 60-65%
250 g very fresh liquid cream
Fleur de sel
Preparation
For the brownies put butter cut into pieces and chopped chocolate in a casserole, melt at low heat and stir with a dough scraper. When the mixture is shiny and homogeneous, remove from the cooker and let cool.
Put eggs, cane sugar and a pinch of salt in a bowl and mix for a few minutes with the help of a mixer. Add sieved bitter cacao and mix in. Add sieved flour and baking powder and mix in but make sure there won’t be any lumps. Finally, add melted chocolate with butter and mix carefully.
Butter a square cake tin with sides of 24 cm and cover with baking paper. Pour the dough inside and level. Bake in the preheated oven at 180°C for about 35 minutes (the cake should be firm to the touch outside, but still moist inside – make the toothpick test). Remove from the oven and let cool.
Prepare the ganache. Cut the chocolate into pieces and put in a bowl. Add the nearly boiling cream and quickly mix to a smooth and homogeneous mixture with the help of a whisk. Then let cool to room temperature.
Prepare the ganache. Cut the chocolate into pieces and put in a bowl. Add the nearly boiling cream and quickly mix to a smooth and homogeneous mixture with the help of a whisk. Then let cool to room temperature.
Wash strawberries and cut into halves. Put them on the chocolate cake with the cutting side facing down. Spread the ganache evenly on the cake.
Sprinkle the surface with fleur de sel and put in the fridge for 15 minutes. Then take the cake out of the fridge and carefully remove from the cake tin. Cut the cake into 12 squares with a sharp knife and serve your chocolate and strawberry brownies.
Sprinkle the surface with fleur de sel and put in the fridge for 15 minutes. Then take the cake out of the fridge and carefully remove from the cake tin. Cut the cake into 12 squares with a sharp knife and serve your chocolate and strawberry brownies.
Recipe from Il Cucchiaio d'Argento
A treasure of authentic Italian cuisine
Il Cucchiaio d'Argento is the food blog with most followers in Italy and a point of reference for passionate cooks. Il Cucchiaio d'Argento can draw on an immense collection of recipes and is divided into different topics about the world of food that range from classic recipes of the traditional Italian cuisine and new trends to reviews of Italy’s best restaurants and inspirations for our daily life.
60 min.
10 min.
5 min.
30 min.