Chocolate brownie

Ingredients

• 375grams unsalted butter
• 375 grams 70% cocoa dark chocolate
• 6 large eggs
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 500grams caster sugar
• 225 grams plain flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 300grams chopped walnuts

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 180C, then line a flat baking tray with baking paper.
2. Melt the chocolate and butter together in a large, heavy-based saucepan.
3. In a bowl beat the eggs with the sugar and vanilla.
4. When the chocolate has melted, let it cool a bit before beating in the eggs and sugar mixture, and then the nuts and flour.
5. Beat to combine and then scrape out of the saucepan into a lined brown pan. Bake for about 25 minutes.
6. When ready, the top should be dried to a pale brown speckle, but the middle still dark, dense and gooey.
7. Keep checking the brownies as they cook, remember that they will continue to cook as they cool.

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