Red Velvet Brownies with Mascarpone
Course Dessert
Ingredients
Brownie
- 2 Kangaroo Island Eggs
- 200 g Valrhona Guanaja Chocolate 70%
- 200 g Lescure Butter
- 200 g La Perruche Brown Sugar
- 30 g VALRHONA cocoa powder
- 2 tbsp Nielsen Massey vanilla bean paste
- pinch Tasman Sea Salt
- 80 g Plain Flour
- 80 g Self Raising Flour
- 1 tsp Simon Johnson White Vinegar
- Red Food Gel Colour
Mascarpone Swirl
- 2 Kangaroo Island Egg Yolks
- 250 g Mauri Formaggi Mascarpone
- 1 tsp Nielsen Massey vanilla bean paste
- 30 g caster sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 170C and line a tray with baking parchment
- Melt the chocolate & butter over a low, stirring until combined, (or alternatively, melt in microwave in 20 second bursts.) Set aside
- Stir brown sugar & vanilla into cool mixture
- Whisk both flours, salt & cocoa, into chocolate mixture, folding gently. Stir in the vinegar and a drop of colouring, set aside
- Whisk together the yolks & sugar until pale and fluffy. Add the mascarpone and vanilla to the egg yolk mixture
- Pour cake batter into tray, spreading evenly over the base. Dollop large amounts of the egg yolk mixture over the surface. Use the tip of a knife to swirl the two mixtures together
- Bake for about 5 mins and rotate the tray. Continue to bake for another 15 minutes for a fudge like texture & consistency. Remove pan whilst mixture is still wobbly
- Set aside to cool, slice and serve with extra mascarpone on the side