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Brownies with ice cream and berry sauce

Ingredients
BROWNIES
150 g butter
350 g dark chocolate, coarsely chopped
175 ml cake flour
5 ml baking powder
3 extra-large eggs
430 ml light brown sugar
430 ml pecan nuts, coarsely chopped
a few coins, well washed
BERRY SAUCE
250 g frozen berries
250 g strawberry jam
500 ml white sugar
125 ml red wine
125 ml sherry
250 ml lemon juice
250 ml water
7 ml cornflour (dissolved in a little water)
250 g extra frozen or fresh berries

Method:
BROWNIES
Preheat the oven to 160 °C.
Grease and line a 23 cm round pie dish with baking paper.
Heat the butter and chocolate in a glass bowl over a saucepan with boiling water or in the microwave oven, stirring occasionally, until melted. Leave to cool.
Sift the dry ingredients together.
Beat the eggs until light and fluffy, gradually beat in the sugar.
Fold the flour mixture into the egg mixture, alternating with the melted chocolate mixture.
Fold in the nuts and turn the batter into the prepared pie dish.
Insert the coins in the batter.
Bake for 40 to 45 minutes or until the surface is slightly cracked and the centre firm to the touch. (The brownies should not have a cake-like texture.)
Serve with ice cream and berry sauce.
BERRY SAUCE
Place all ingredients in a saucepan and slowly bring to the boil. Simmer for about 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
Thicken with cornflour and add the extra berries.
Bring to the boil, then cool and serve.

Recipe From : YOU December 12, 2002

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