Scrumptious Fudge Brownie with chocolate ganache

If you’re a brownie-addict, this is your recipe. This brownie recipe is the perfect treat to indulgence ourselves in some chocolate. The fudge texture is just amazing. And what’s more, on top we’ll spread a delicious layer of decadent chocolate ganache... Sounds good? If it does, “Listen to me”: this brownie is so simple to make that you’ll be making it as soon as you get the ingredients.

Infact, this recipe came out because I was about to make my cheesecake brownie, but we gave it a twist, looking for a dense and smooth one. It’s more dense than a regular fudge brownie (cream cheese’s fault) and the texture is amazing, as so it is the flavour. I used regular cocoa instead of sugar free cocoa powder (as someone didn’t like the bitterness of dark chocolate) It is a "win win” brownie. Just make it and tell me!

Lets go with the recipe:

125 grams milk chocolate
50 grams Nesquick (you can use cocoa powder)
200 grams butter
250 grams cream cheese (full fat)
3 M eggs 
1 M egg yolk
85 grams brown sugar
125 grams flour

Milk chocolate ganache:

150 ml heavy cream 35%MG

200 grams milk chocolate

Method:

• Preheat oven to 180ºC7 170ºC FAN
• Melt butter & chocolate. Stir well until dissolved. Spoon in the powdered chocolate/cocoa powder. Mix. 
• In a separate bowl whisk cream cheese, eggs and egg yolk, sugar. Stir into the chocolate mixture. Mix.
• Sift flour in the batter and mix (don’t over mix)
• Spoon the batter in the prepared pan (greased/ cover with parchment paper)
• Bake for 20 to 25 minutes. I prefer to bake it less (it has to be moist) and let then cool down for 10 minutes in the baking pan.
• Set aside to cool completely.
• Make the ganache: Cut the chocolate in chunks and place them in a bowl.Heat up the cream to a boil. Once boiling, take it out of the heat and pour it over the chocolate chunks. Let it sit for a few minutes and then stir it until well dissolved.
• I prefer to spread the ganache once it’s warm. So wait until that point or if you’re in a hurry just put it into the refrigerator.
• Spread the ganache on top of the brownie. Put it back into the refrigerator to set. 
• Then, you can cut the squares (mine are enormous!)
• I don’t keep this brownie in the fridge because it doesn’t last too long! But keep it in the fridge until 30 minutes before serving.

Enjoy!Happy baking!