Hazelnut Chocolate Brownie (Chewy)

To continue from my previous Blondies recipe post , here's the brownie recipe! This recipe gives a rich chocolaty and chewy brownie . It would go well with walnuts too!

The taste would greatly depend on the type of chocolate used . If you look at the recipe below , the chocolate is the main ingredient of the entire recipe! So don't save on the chocolate for a better flavor . Lower grade chocolate tends to give a . . . diluted chocolate taste I would say . If you could use Valrhona, that would be awesome in my opinion . Haha . 

Some brownies do come with frosting , i'll definitely try them another time with another brownie combination . :) This recipe would require you to melt chocolate under heat , so do be careful because they do get burnt easily . Alternatively , you could choose to either melt the chocolate in the microwave or the baine marie method to have a better heat control . Don't microwave it for too long though , it will get burnt too ! I'll usually do it 20 seconds each time under high heat mode , remove bowl to stir a little before continuing another 20 seconds and so on , till chocolate melts completely . 

However , for this recipe , I melted the chocolate under medium heat over stove . It's important to remove the pot from the stove every once in a while to prevent the chocolate from being over heated because once it is burnt , it is irreversible .  

Here's the basic brownie recipe for now: 

Yield: A tray of 13 inch x 9 inch

Ingredients:

• White Sugar - 1/2 cup (100g)
• Butter - 2 Tbsp (30g)
• Water, hot - 2 Tbsp (30g)
• Chocolate - 1 1/2 cup (225g)
• Eggs - 1 nos (55g)
• Vanilla Essence - 1/2 tsp
• Plain Flour - 2/3 cup (80g)
• Baking Soda - 1/4 tsp
• Salt - 1/2 tsp
• Hazelnut, chopped - 50g

Direction:

Combine white sugar, butter and water in a pot. Mix well and heat it up under medium heat over stove . Add in chocolate and stir gradually , removing pot from stove every once in a while . Stir until chocolate melts completely and remove from heat . Add in eggs and vanilla essence . In a separate bowl , combine the remaining dry ingredients except for hazelnut and add into the mixture. 

Lastly , fold in chopped hazelnut . Transfer mixture into a 13 inch by 9 inch tray . Preheat oven to 160°C and bake brownie for 18 - 20 minutes , depending on your oven .  After baking , allow it to cool for 20 minutes . 

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