In late August we had friends over for a wonderful outdoor dinner and I asked if they wouldn’t mind bringing dessert. I usually like to control the entire event, but summer is a lot more casual and dining al fresco has added more of a casual flavour to our entertaining, so I thought, why not. My friend made these chocolate brownies (with raspberry instead of cherry) from Donna Hay and I must say they were totally swoon-worthy. So rich and chocolatey and the preserves just added a lovely moist texture. I did not have raspberry jam but I did have a good handful of frozen cherries so I popped them into a pan with a drizzle of water and a spoon of sugar and cooked them, then I puréed them with my stick blender and further cooked them down to just less than 125 mL.
Chocolate-Cherry Brownies
Makes 1 23 cm square pan. Original recipe by Donna Hay
Ingredients:
- 114 g butter
- 125 g unsweetened chocolate, finely chopped
- 3 large eggs
- 375 g sugar
- Pinch of salt
- 5 mL vanilla extract
- 125 g all-purpose flour
- 125 mL cherry preserves
Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 350° F. Line a 23 cm square pan with parchment and butter or spray with non-stick spray.
- Melt the butter and chocolate over low heat.
- Whisk together the eggs, sugar, salt and vanilla extract until smooth. Add the flour and stir in.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Dot with spoonfuls of cherry preserves on top. Run a knife through to make a marbled pattern.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes or until an inserted toothpick still has a few moist crumbs attached when extracted. Allow to cool completely in the pan and cut into even squares, I got 16.
I do like chocolate-raspberry, but I have to say that I like chocolate-cherry even better. These brownies look delicious. I enjoyed your comment about wanting to control the event! Haha! GMTA
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That looks lovely and gooey! It’s so nice when someone else brings dessert. I know the feeling of wanting to keep the main meal in theme.
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Yeah, I’d swoon over these, too. Really excellent recipe — so rich and good looking. Thanks!
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I swoon for your swirl! So pretty. GREG
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Thank you kindly, Greg
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Mmmmmmm. I was wondering what form of cherry you put in here. I didn’t expect cherry jam! What a fabulous idea!
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I actually made my own purée, a fresh jam!
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Very nice.
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Besides sounding incredibly delicious, these brownies are gorgeous!!!
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Thank you kindly, Liz
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The cherry preserve swirls make this brownie really special and tempting, Eva.
Angie
http://angiesrecipes.blogspot.com
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Thank you Angie.
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