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chococlate brownies

Chocolate Brownies

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This is a very easy chocolate brownie recipe that will be full of chocolate flavor, with a crunchy on the top, airy in the middle texture. You can go lighter or heavier on the sugar, as you like. You can use white or brown sugar, use extra additions of your choice like nuts, raisins, chocolate bits…make it at your own taste.

I like brownies, although I don’t eat to many cakes, savory stuff is rather my thing. But chocolate brownies are somewhere on the top of my “cake stuff” I like. They are very uncomplicated, beginner friendly and quick to make.

I encourage you to try baking them, and also adapt it to your taste regarding sweetness and the other additions you want to put in.

chococlate brownies

Chocolate Brownies

A very easy and quick recipe for chocolate brownies. They will melt in your mouth and get you the chocolate punch without being overpowering.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 10

Ingredients
  

  • 250 g dark chocolate
  • 200 g brown or white sugar or use less e.g. 150g
  • 4 large eggs or 5 small
  • 100 g butter
  • 130 g flour
  • pinch of salt
  • orange zest optional
  • raisins nuts, chocolate bits (optional)

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven at 180°C.
  • Prepare a baking tray of 40 x 20 cm or similar (mine was 35 x 27) with parchment paper or a silicon pad.
  • Melt the chocolate and the butter together. You can use a water bath, or use the microwave with sets of 10-20 seconds and mixing in between the sets. Chocolate should be completely melted.
  • With the help of a hand mixer, or a sand mixer with the whisk attachment, mix the eggs with the salt and sugar until they get fluffy.
  • Add the orange zest if you want. (optional)
  • Incorporate the chocolate mixture and fold with a spatula in upward downward movements, until the chocolate is incorporated.
  • Sift the flower on top of the chocolate and fold it lightly until all the flour is incorporated.
  • You can add now the optional ingredients, like nuts, raisins, etc.
  • Pour into the prepared baking tray and smooth the surface to get equal thickness overall.
  • Bake for 25 min at 180 °C.
  • Let cool in the tray for 5 min, then remove and cool on a cooling rack.

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Butter cookie

Simple Butter Cookies

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A very simple and delicious butter cookie, that will give you crispy, tender and flavorful cookies and will make your house smell like heaven while baking. They can be stored for a long time in a air tight container, for whenever you got your sweet tooth.

It does not need special equipment and you can make a batch very quickly, no need for waiting too long. The ingredients are simple, and you probably already have everything you need in your cupboard.

We don’t eat too many sweets in my home, but this is one of my partner’s favorite. He munches on them gladly and they are usually finished in a few days.

I hope you give it a go and let me know down in the comments if you liked it.

Butter cookie

Simple Butter Cookies

A simple, yet delicious recipe, that can be quickly done and can store for weeks in a airtight container.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine International
Servings 8

Ingredients
  

  • 250 g butter
  • 200 g sugar
  • pinch of salt
  • vanilla
  • 2 Tbsp. yogurt
  • 400 g flour

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 200°C.
  • Soften the butter in the microwave, until it is soft, but not liquid. Or if your kitchen is warm, leave it on the counter to soften.
  • Mix the butter with the sugar.
  • Add the salt, vanilla and the yogurt.
  • Mix until incorporated and soft.
  • Add the flour, first a few spoons and mix with the spatula or spoon until the dough can be worked by hand.
  • Add the rest of the flour and mix just until flour is absorbed.
  • With the dough, form some balls with the size of a nut, and place them on a cookie sheet, with some space between them.
  • With the back of a measuring cup or a cup, flatten the cookies, and flour the back of the cup in between.
  • Bake for 15-20 min until slightly golden on the edges.
  • Transfer on a cooling rack and leave until completely cooled.
  • Store in an airtight container.

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Fried eggplant

Fried Eggplant – Chinese Style

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This is one of those recipes that you think it might be complicated, but it is not. And is so delicious and healthy. Usually eggplant can absorb a lot of oil, but I chose to just coat them lightly and then fry them in a dry pan. And they are still equally delicious.

I tried also coating them first in starch and then fry them, but it is not worth the hustle. They have the same taste as just fried with little oil. I also made the variant of using ground meat, and they are also good, but really, on they own, they are as good as any other variant.

I like eggplant a lot, and I use it in various forms, experimenting with cooking methods and recipes. I think they are highly underestimated as a main ingredient, and people feel a little shy on using them. I am here to encourage you to try to incorporate them in your cooking habits and you will not be sorry about it.

This recipe has a Chinese origin. I like authentic Chinese food and I like to explore its cuisine and experiment a little bit. The recipe calls for Black bean garlic sauce, which can be found in Asian supermarkets. But if you don’t have one near you, you can substitute with some more garlic than the recipe calls, and some oyster sauce or hoisin sauce. And if those are not available either, then add some more soy sauce and a bit of water and starch slurry, just a spoon or two. We want a creamy consistency to coat the eggplant pieces.

Enough talking about them, I hope you give this recipe a try and let me know if you liked it.

Fried eggplant

Fried Eggplant – Chinese Style

A very easy and delicious classic takeout food, perfect for a quick dinner or lunch, with some white rice on the side.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Chinese
Servings 2

Ingredients
  

  • 2 eggplants 500g
  • oil
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • a piece of ginger
  • 1 scallion
  • salt
  • 1 Tbsp. black bean garlic sauce or oyster sauce, or hoisin sauce
  • 2 Tbsp. soy sauce
  • 1 Tbsp. cooking wine optional
  • Sesame oil

Instructions
 

  • Cut the eggplant in finger length pieces. Drizzle some neutral oil to coat them lightly.
  • Mince garlic and ginger. Cut thinly the scallion.
  • Fry the eggplants in a dry pan, medium-high heat, turning them on all sides every 3 min, until they are soft and bendy. Set aside.
  • Heat the pan again, add some neutral oil and fry the garlic and the ginger until fragrant and lightly golden. Add the black bean garlic sauce, soy sauce, cooking wine. Stir for a few seconds.
  • Add the eggplant and coat everything with the sauce.
  • Add a little water if it looks too dry.
  • Add the scallion and sesame oil and serve.

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