Greek-style Olive Oil Brownies
Soft, moist and extra fudgy with a shiny slightly crackled crust..These olive oil brownies are very addictive!
- 300g good-quality dark chocolate (10 oz)
- 160g (1/2 cup) extra virgin olive oil
- 4 eggs, preferably organic
- 200g sugar (7 oz)
- 120g flour, sifted (4.2 oz)
- 50g walnuts, chopped (1.7 ounces) – optional
- To prepare these olive oil brownies, break the eggs into a large bowl and add the sugar. Whisk with an electric mixer at high speed, until the mixture is thick, foamy and doubles it’s original volume. This should take about 5 minutes and should have stiff peaks forming.
- In the meantime melt the chocolate. To melt the chocolate it is best to use a bain-marie (or double boiler), a piece of equipment used to heat the chocolate gently and gradually to fixed temperatures so that it doesn’t burn. If you don’t have a Bain-marie, break the chocolate into small pieces and drop into a heatproof bowl. Set the bowl over a small saucepan about a quarter full with hot water and place the bowl on top so that it rests on the rim of the pan (the bowl should not to touch the water). Place the pan, with the bowl on top, over low heat until the chocolate has melted, whilst stirring occasionally.
- Remove the pan from the stove and stir in the extra virgin olive oil, the egg-sugar mixture and the chopped walnuts. Blend with a spatula with light circular movements from the bottom up. Sieve the flour over the bowl a little bit at a time and blend, folding gently the mixture with circular movements from the bottom up, until the ingredients combine. You don’t want to overwork the mixture.
- Line one round baking tin (approx. 18cm/7 inches ) with parchment paper and tip in the mixture in an even layer.
- Bake these olive oil brownies in a preheated oven to 160C 25-30 minutes, until they have formed a shiny and dry slightly cracked layer but are still moist underneath.
- Serve these delicious olive oil brownies with a full spoon of vanilla ice-cream on top. Enjoy!!
- These olive oil brownies are very addictive, so in the highly impossible case that you do have some leftovers.. keep them in an airtight container at room-temperature for 1-2 weeks.
A delicious and much healthier Ingredients 300g good-quality dark chocolate (10 oz) 160g (1/2 cup) extra virgin olive oil 4 eggs, preferably organic 200g sugar (7 oz) 120g flour, sifted (4.2 oz) 50g walnuts, chopped (1.7 ounces) – optional Method To prepare these olive oil brownies, break the eggs into a large bowl and add the sugar. Whisk with an electric mixer at high speed, until the mixture is thick, foamy and doubles it’s original volume. This should take about 5 minutes and should have stiff peaks forming.
To melt the chocolate it is best to use a bain-marie (or double boiler), a piece of equipment used to heat the chocolate gently and gradually to fixed temperatures so that it doesn’t burn. If you don’t have a Bain-marie, break the chocolate into small pieces and drop into a heatproof bowl. Set the bowl over a small saucepan about a quarter full with hot water and place the bowl on top so that it rests on the rim of the pan (the bowl should not to touch the water).
Place the pan, with the bowl on top, over low heat until the chocolate has melted, whilst stirring occasionally. Remove the pan from the stove and stir in the extra virgin olive oil, the egg-sugar mixture and the chopped walnuts.
Blend with a spatula with light circular movements from the bottom up. Sieve the flour over the bowl a little bit at a time and blend, folding gently the mixture with circular movements from the bottom up, until the elements combine. Line one round baking tin (approx. 18cm/7 inches ) with parchment paper and tip in the mixture in an even layer.
Bake these olive oil brownies in a preheated oven to 160C 25-30 minutes, until they have formed a shiny and dry slightly cracked layer but are still moist underneath. Serve these delicious olive oil brownies with a full spoon of vanilla ice-cream on top.
These olive oil brownies are very addictive, so in the highly impossible case that you do have some leftovers.. keep them in an airtight container at room-temperature for 1-2 weeks.
