Beetroot Brownie

Beetroot Brownie

I've to say I love the idea of being self-sufficient.Grow your own food and veggies.I grow my own veggies. In this summer, I've got a lot of beetroot. 

I always cooked beetroot in a salad dish. I know it is a little bit boring. Until, I watched a U.K cooking show "River cottage" and was on-air in New Zealand. It inspired me to cook this recipe.

My home grown beetroot 

Ready in 50 mins

Ingredients

• 200g all purpose flour
• 250g unsalted butter  (Cut into cubes)
• 250g dark chocolate ( 70% cocoa solids) broken into pieces
• 250g caster sugar
• 250g cooked beetroot  (peeled and grated)
• 3 eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 100g cashew nuts (optional)

Method

1. Pre-heat oven 180 C

2. Melt chocolate and butter in a bowl over simmering water, make sure that base of bowl does not touch with water. Stirring frequently. When it melt completely, let it cool down.


3. Sift flour, baking power and salt in a bowl, place it to one side.

4. Whisk  eggs and sugar together in a large bowl until well combined, then add  melted chocolate and butter mix until combined.

5. Add sifted flour and gently fold in with a spatula until combined. Fold in grated beetroot and cashew nuts. Mix until well combined but do not over mix.

6. Pour the mixture into lined baking tin. Bake for 45-50 mins. When it cook, a skewer inserted should come out mostly clean. Remove tin from the oven and let it cool on a wire rack before cutting into squares.

Beetroot brownie

It seems complicated to cook, but it is easy and delicious!

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