Chocolate Cheesecake and Raspberry Brownies
These brownies make a delicious dessert for a summer evening or a decadent tea time treat. Try mixing up the ingredients: black cherries or blackberries would work wonderfully instead of raspberries and you could serve with shredded strands of fresh mint on top if you wish.
Equipment
- Large heavy saucepan
- Whisk
- Silicone headed spatula
- Medium mixing bowl
- Tala rectangular enamelled oven dish
- Mini palette knife
Ingredients
- 250g butter or baking margarine
- 300g dark chocolate drops
- 5 free-range eggs
- 300g caster sugar
- Further 1tbs caster sugar
- 150g plain flour
- 200g chopped walnuts
- 4 tsp vanilla
- 250g full-fat soft cheese
- Fresh raspberries (approximately 225g)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 170 degrees Celsius (338 degrees Fahrenheit).
- Place the margarine in a large, heavy-based saucepan and melt gently. Add the chocolate and stir, turning off the heat as soon as you feel that the chocolate looks like it is on its way to melting completely.
- Add the 300g sugar, whisk, and then add 4 of the eggs, whisking again. Fold in the flour until the mixture is smooth and then finally the nuts. Scrape the mixture into the enamelled dish and spread it around until evenly distributed.
- Mix the cream cheese with the remaining egg, the tablespoon of sugar and the vanilla until the lumps disappear and the mixture is quite liquid. Spoon the liquid over the chocolate mix in the enamelled dish, and scatter over a couple of handfuls of chopped raspberries.
- Use a knife (or a mini palette knife works well) to swirl the cheesecake mixture and brownie mixture) use a folding, swirling motion to bring some of the glossy chocolatey brown mixtures to the surface, and drag some of the chopped raspberries under, for a pretty marbled effect.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes. You want plenty of 'wobble' by the end of the cooking time so that the brownies are sticky and fudgy – for once avoid cooking all the way through!
- When cool, cut into squares and serve with fresh raspberries scattered across the top. Store any leftovers in the fridge.
