What you need
- 250g dark chocolate
- 100g butter
- 250g ready-to-eat beetroot (not pickled)
- 3 eggs
- 150g light brown sugar
- 150g almond meal
- 2 tablespoon cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ½ teaspoon chilli powder (optional)
Recipe by Sara
What to do
- Preheat oven to 200℃. Grease and line a brownie tin.
- In a medium saucepan, melt the butter and chocolate together.
- In food processor or whizzy gadget, blend the beetroots to a purée. Add the chocolate and butter mixture, vanilla and eggs and blend, scraping the sides as needed. Then add the sugar, almond meal, cocoa and baking powder, and blitz until smooth.
- Pour the mixture into the tin and bake for 30-35 minutes, or until the top is set and the edges start to pull away from the sides of the tin. Your skewer test will still be sticky, but don’t worry! Place the tin on a cooling rack and allow the brownie to cool in the tin, before removing and slicing it.
To serve: Serve slices of brownie dusted with icing sugar, and whatever toppings you like!
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