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🍰 Chocolate Brownies with Fresh Orange Dip

231 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 100 g dark chocolate
• 125 g soft butter
• 150 g brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 100 g flour
• 0.5 tsp real Bourbon vanilla
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 150 g ground hazelnuts
• Fat (for the baking pan)
• 4 sweet oranges (e.g. Navel)
• 5 tbsp sugar
• 5 tbsp water
• 0.125 l freshly squeezed orange juice
• 1 tbsp Cointreau
• Orange peel (for garnishing)

Instructions

1. 1. Chop the chocolate into coarse pieces.
2. 2. Place the chocolate pieces into a heat-resistant metal bowl.
3. 3. Fill a pot with about five centimeters of water.
4. 4. Gently warm the water in the pot.
5. 5. Place the metal bowl with the chocolate into the hot water.
6. 6. Ensure that no water gets into the bowl with the chocolate.
7. 7. Melt the chocolate in a water bath while stirring constantly.
8. 8. Set the melted chocolate aside briefly.
9. 9. Take a separate bowl.
10. 10. Beat the butter with the brown sugar until creamy and smooth.
11. 11. Add the eggs to the butter mixture.
12. 12. Stir in the eggs.
13. 13. Add the melted chocolate to the mixture.
14. 14. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius.
15. 15. Mix the flour with the baking powder.
16. 16. Add a pinch of salt to the flour mixture.
17. 17. Add vanilla to the flour mixture.
18. 18. Combine the dry ingredients with the chocolate mixture.
19. 19. Pour the batter into a greased baking pan.
20. 20. Bake the brownies in the preheated oven.
21. 21. Peel the oranges.
22. 22. Remove all the white pith so that only the fruit flesh remains.
23. 23. Cut the oranges into segments.
24. 24. Carefully separate the flesh from the skin using a sharp knife.
25. 25. Heat the sugar over low heat.
26. 26. Wait until the sugar has melted.
27. 27. Immediately add the orange juice.
28. 28. Add the water.
29. 29. Bring the mixture to a brief boil.
30. 30. Add the orange segments.
31. 31. Add the Cointreau.
32. 32. Let everything simmer gently.
33. 33. Simmer until half of the liquid has evaporated.
34. 34. Serve the brownies with the warm orange sauce.
35. 35. Garnish the brownies with orange zest.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 231
• Protein: 3 g · Fett/Fat: 14 g · Carbs: 23 g