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Steamed chocolate brownie
Makes 6 puddings
Ingredients:
110 g (4 oz) dark chocolate, 70%
cocoa solids
5 eggs, separated
75 g (3 oz) butter
75 g (3 oz) vanilla sugar
75 g (3 oz) plain flour
75 g (3 oz) walnuts, finely
chopped
75 g (3 oz) breadcrumbs
Butter, for greasing
Icing sugar
Method:
1. Put the chocolate into a solid container.
Cover with foil and steam for 1 minute at
100°C.
2. Meanwhile, cream the butter and vanilla
sugar till pale and creamy. Add the egg yolks
and beat again. Fold in the walnuts, flour,
breadcrumbs and melted chocolate.
3. Beat the egg whites into stiff peaks, and fold
into the mixture.
4. Grease 6 ramekin dishes and dust with a
layer of icing sugar. Divide the mixture
equally between the dishes, cover with a
piece of pleated foil and place into the
steam oven. Steam for 20–25 minutes at
100°C.
5. For the decoration, melt 150 g (5 oz) dark
chocolate with 50 g (2 oz) white chocolate.
Place the chocolate in a solid container,
cover and steam for 1 minute at 100°C. Pour
a little onto each serving plate, and place
the puddings on top. Decorate with seasonal
fresh berries.
Tip
To make your own
vanilla sugar
split a
vanilla pod lengthwise and then cut
each half into quarters. Place in a
sealed jar with 500 g /
1 lb of caster sugar and leave for
3–4 days before using to allow the
flavours to blend. The pulp can be
scraped out of the pods for an even
more intensive flavour.
