Chocolate & Hazelnut Brownie with Vanilla Ice Cream and Butterscotch Sauce

 

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Ingredients
90g plain flour 150g icing sugar
20g cocoa powder 150g plain chocolate
90g unsalted butter 2 tbsp golden syrup
2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla essence
25g brown sugar 100ml double cream
40g hazelnuts: Skinned, roasted & Chopped
Vanilla Ice Cream

Cooking Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas.
  2. Grease a 25cm/10in square baking tin.
  3. Stir the dry ingredients together in a large bowl.
  4. Melt the chocolate carefully in a bain-marie or in a bowl over a pan of gently simmering water.
  5. Add the butter and golden syrup and stir until blended. Leave to cool till lukewarm, then stir in the eggs and vanilla essence.
  6. Fold in the dry ingredients and stir quickly until smooth.
  7. Fold in the nuts.
  8. Pour the mixture into the baking tin.
  9. Bake in a preheated oven for 30-45 minutes. The top and edges will be crusty. The inside will be slightly gooey but not runny.
  10. Remove from the oven and leave to cool in the tin.
  11. To make the butterscotch sauce - place the brown sugar, butter and cream in a pan, boil and reduce by half.
  12. Place the brownie in a bowl, pour over the sauce and serve with vanilla ice cream.