Chocolate And Macadamia Nut Brownies With Hot Fudge Sauce

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 1 cup unbleached flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 large eggs, room temperature
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 7 ounces imported chocolate, chopped and melted
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup chopped toasted unsalted macadamia nuts
• 5 ounces imported chocolate, coarsely chopped
• 3/4 cup whipping cream
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 5 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 2 tablespoons light corn syrup

Recipe

• 1 brownie:.
• 2 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 3 butter and flour a 9x13-inch baking pan.
• 4 sift flour with salt into bowl.
• 5 using electric mixer beat eggs in large bowl.
• 6 until frothy.
• 7 add sugar 1 tablespoon at a time and beat until pale yellow and slowly dissolving ribbon forms when beaters are lifted. gently fold in melted chocolate (mixture may lose volume).
• 8 add melted butter and vanilla and stir well (mixture may look curdled).
• 9 fold in flour.
• 10 fold in nuts and chopped chocolate.
• 11 pour batter into prepared pan.
• 12 bake until toothpick inserted in center comes out not quite clean, about 25 minutes. do not overbake.
• 13 cool in pan on rack. (can be prepared 1 day ahead. store at room temperature.)
• 14 cut brownies into squares.
• 15 transfer to plates.
• 16 pour hot fudge sauce over and serve.
• 17 hot fudge sauce:.
• 18 cook cream and sugar in small heavy saucepan over low heat, stirring until sugar dissolves.
• 19 add chocolate and stir until chocolate is melted and smooth.
• 20 add butter and corn syrup and stir until butter melts. (can be prepared 1 day ahead. cover and let stand at room temperature.) before serving, stir fudge sauce over low heat until it is heated through.
• 21 makes about 1 1/2 cups sauce.