Chilli and Black garlic brownies recipe

"The Garlic Farm shares an unusual recipe for brownies with black garlic" add some chilli to it and it becomes even better.

They sound strange, but the delicate hint of garlic in these brownies is beautiful

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MAKES
12 brownies

INGREDIENTS
9oz quality dark chocolate (70-85 per cent cocoa)
1 cup butter
1½ cups sugar
4 eggs
½ bulb black garlic
2 tsp vanilla essence
½ tsp salt
1 cup flour

METHOD
 Preheat oven to 180C/350F/gas 4. Grease a 9in x 9in pan and set aside.

 Melt butter and chocolate together in a double boiler over steaming water. Melt only until just blended together, not to a point that the butter separates.

 Remove from heat and mix in the sugar. The mixture will be grainy. Add one egg at a time, whisking each egg into the batter.

In a small bowl, use a fork to mash thoroughly the black garlic into a paste.

Add the garlic, vanilla and salt to the batter and mix thoroughly.

Add flour to batter and mix thoroughly.

Pour batter into pan and spread evenly, smooth the top.

Bake in oven for 25 minutes or until top has a dull finish.

Cool on a rack.