Being married to a man who was brought up close to the UK's heart of brewing, it's not surprising that his interest in beer has rubbed off on me. I could quite happily sup on a half pint of porter, but my ultimate favourite has to be Samuel Smith's fruit beers especially the raspberry one as it tastes of summer. The taste of summer is just what we need as the snow is beginning to settle outside.
After stocking up on some of the beer at Sound Bites in Derby yesterday, I had a brainwave on the drive home. You can make brownies with Guinness, so surely you can do the same with glorious Raspberry beer. I also made them to celebrate having 100,000 hits on my blog since it started. To add some additional colour to the brownies I stirred some raspberries into the batter.
To be honest, I cook with beer just as much as I drink it and like wines different beers go with different dishes. The smell of the brownie batter as I made these was divine and once cooked they tasted like my raspberry truffles in a gooey cake form, can't be bad! Just note, if you do make these it makes quite a sloppy batter, but don't worry they will still bake well.
Raspberry Beer Brownies
Makes 16
4 eggs
140g caster sugar
300g dark chocolatr
70g unsalted butter
110g plain flour
2 tsp cocoa
290ml raspberry beer
100g raspberries
icing sugar
1) Preheat oven to 190oc and line a deep 8 inch square baking pan with baking parchment.
2) Combine eggs and sugar. On a medium heat melt chocolate and butter until smooth. Allow to cool for about 3 mins.
3) Stir chocolate mix into egg mix. Sift in flour and cocoa. Beat until well combined.
4) Whisk in beer then fold in raspberries. Pour batter into the pan pan. Bake for 25 min until a skewer comes out just about clean. It will continue to cook slightly after being taken out of oven.
5) Once cooled, drench in icing sugar and slice.
Sunday, February 01, 2009
Raspberry Beer Brownies
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Such a brilliant idea, I bet these taste lovely. They look so pretty too.
ReplyDeleteDid you see the recipe in last week's Observer for the chilli with beer?
I've really got to try that Raspberry Beer. I bet these tasted fantastic.
ReplyDeleteThese look gorgeous! A very inspired idea. I wish I could taste one right now. They look very soft and moist.
ReplyDeleteWow, this is an interesting combination. I bet they were fantastic!
ReplyDeleteI'm a huge fan of fruit beer, I adore the strawberry version, tastes like push pops :)
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They sound (and look) very naughty. In an entirely good way, of course... ;-)
ReplyDeleteI really must try that raspberry beer it sounds so good Jules! Your brownies look gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteRosie x
Jules, they look like the perfect brownie. I bet the beer added a great depth in flavour and made them extra moist.
ReplyDeleteGinger - I always forget to buy OFM, I'll have to see if I can find the recipe online.
ReplyDeleteBeth - Their cherry beer is also delicious.
Holler & Sylvie - They taste even better a day after as the chocolate has set and firmed them up.
Katiecakes - Have you tried their cherry beer?
aforkful - I've decided that because they contain fruit they counteract the naughtyness!
Rosie - it is certainly worth a try
I love that you have made both guinness brownies and beer brownies! Fabulous
ReplyDeleteJules these raspberry beer brownies sound and look heavenly!!
ReplyDeleteMaria
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These sound fantastic! I love the beer and can imagine that the combo of beer and brownie is brilliant!
ReplyDeleteGourmet Chick - I'm dedicated to chocolate & beer ;)
ReplyDeleteMaria - I'm sad that they have all been eaten now.
Mark - there is something delicious about how the bitterness of the beer matches the sweetness of the chocolate. It also alters the textre slightly.
You've inspired me to try and do a cherry version :)
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