Brownies with white chocolate buttons
Posted: 28 October '09 by Ciara
Brownies with white chocolate buttons
I was “surfing the net” a few weeks ago looking for a brownie recipe and came across a Nigella Lawson one. I have to confess, it was the first time that I have ever tried one of her recipes and I can tell you I was delighted with the results. These have to be the nicest brownies I have tasted. The gooey centre is to die for! I tried them firstly, for myself, Cor and Sophie and must admit I ate the majority of them.
The second time I made them was at the weekend just past, for my family in Belfast and they absolutely loved them. This time round, I added more chocolate buttons. You’d swear they’d never seen chocolate the way they went on about them.
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Ingredients:
- 375g dark chocolate - I use Green & Blacks as they are made with 70% cocoa solids
- 375g unsalted butter at room temperature
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 6 eggs
- 350g caster sugar
- 225g plain flour
- 250g white chocolate buttons
- brownie tin
Method:
- Preheat oven to 180C/Gas 4/350F
- Line brownie tin base and sides
- Melt butter and chocolate together in a bowl over a pot of boiling water
- In another bowl, beat eggs with sugar and vanilla extract
- Sift the flour into another bowl with salt
- When chocolate mixture has melted let it cool before beating in the eggs and sugar, then the flour
- Fold in white chocolate buttons, then beat slightly and scrape unto brownie tin
- Bake for 25 minutes until the top is dried to a paler brown and the centre is dark and gooey
Enjoy
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Creamy Tomato Pasta
Posted: 06 October '09 by Ciara
As a big fan of pasta this is one of my favourite dishes to eat. It is really easy, quick to make and of course yummy! It can be made with chicken or fish but as i am not a big fan of fish i stick to the chicken every time. I also prefer it creamier in flavour than “tomatoey” but if you prefer the latter you can add 2 tins of chopped tomatoes instead of one or of course use less cream! You can also use shop bought herbs which work well with this recipe- I prefer the fresh herbs myself!
Serves 4
Ingredients:
- 6 chicken fillets cut into pieces
- 1 tablespoon of butter
- salt and pepper
- 1 tin of chopped tomatoes
- 500mls fresh cream / whipping cream
- 1/2 teaspoon fresh rosemary
- 3 teaspoons of sugar
- 1 teaspoon of ground chilli powder
- 1 teaspoon of chilli flakes
- 1 teaspoon of chopped parsley
- Parmesan
- fresh or dried pasta
Method:
Heat the butter in a saucepan until melted. Add chicken pieces and cook for 5 minutes or until cooked through. Add tin of tomatoes, sugar, salt, pepper and rosemary and cook for a further 5 minutes. Then add cream, chilli, chilli flakes and parsley, bring to the boil and allow to simmer for around 20 minutes.
10 minutes before this is cooked, cook the fresh pasta. Add sauce and serve with loads of parmesan and garlic bread! Enjoy
NOTE: I didn’t give an exact amount for the pasta as it depends on how much you like yourself! In our house 1 packet is enough for myself, the hubs and our 2 year old -we are quite greedy when it comes to pasta portions!
Photographs to follow
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