Creme Egg brownies

IT’S Easter! What better way to celebrate than with a classic chocolate dessert!

Brownies really are easy and such great fun to make – especially with the extra participation during the Easter School Break!

Ingredients:

100g Butter

125g (Galaxy) Milk Chocolate

100g Plain Chocolate 2 Eggs 125g Dark Sugar 70g Self Raising flour 25g Chocolate Powder Half bag of White Chocolate Drops

Three handfuls of mini Marshmallows

1 tsp Vanilla Extract 3 Chocolate Cream Eggs, cut into halves

Method:

You will need a well-greased 9” (silicone) baking square about 1” deep.

Heat the oven to 160oc. Break up both chocolates and add to a heatproof bowl along with the chopped butter.

Over a bain-marie (pan of simmering water) slowly melt the butter and chocolate, stirring with a wooden spoon until not quite melted, remove from the heat and continue to stir until fully melted.

In another bowl lightly whisk together two eggs, whisk in the sugar to thicken up.

Fold in the chocolate drops and vanilla extract.

Meanwhile, fold the marshmallows into the chocolate mixture to fully coat, before adding to the sugar and egg mixture.

Sieve the flour along with the chocolate powder into the mixture and slowly fold, the mixture should look quite sloppy – unlike normal cake mixture.

Spread into the baking tin ensuring you build up evenly at the sides rather than the centre.

The Creme Egg halves should be added at different intervals, the actual cooking time for the brownies is approximately 25-30 minutes or when the centre is still quite spongy whilst the edges look cooked, the Creme Egg halves should be added as follows; two halves after 5 minutes of cooking, a further three halves after 15 minutes of cooking and the final three halves placed on top in the final minutes of baking, when the centre of the mixture is still quite soft.

Once taken out of the oven, leave to fully cool down in the baking square for about an hour, this will help your brownies to fully set before turning them out for cutting – and devouring! Enjoy them!

Lesley co-owns Roberto’s Italian on Southport’s Ocean Plaza with husband Roberto.

She has a

BScHons in

Nutrition & Health, and is currently studying MSc Conservation Management.

For more of Lesley’s Recipes go to: Facebook.com/ robertossouthport / www.robertositalian. co.uk