These raspberry and walnut chocolate brownies have the sweet, dark hit of chocolate, the tart fruity tang of raspberries and a nutty hit with walnuts.
Cooking raw fruit in a cake bake is not always easy as the fruit will leak moisture and interfere with the necessarily exact measurements of flour, sugar, eggs, etc. I therefore approached this recipe with caution. I tried it first with blueberries but this fruit tended to disappear in the cooking process, along with its flavour. Raspberries proved to be the answer as this berry survives baking, retains its beautiful colour and its tangy taste remains strong enough for the chocolate. What’s more, cooking with raspberries does not upset the essential mix.
This is essentially Jamie Oliver’s recipe for chocolate brownies, but with me adding raspberries and walnuts. Jamie’s recipe is spot on, not least because the brownies leave the oven slightly undercooked and, after cooling in the tin, they remain squidgy in the middle. Perfection. The brownies also store well, particularly if separated and layered on baking paper and kept in an air tight container.
My Mum serves Jamie’s brownies with fresh blueberries on the side and icing sugar on the top and they are always a big hit as a pudding.
PrintRaspberry and walnut chocolate brownies
- Yield: 8 or more
Ingredients
- 250g unsalted butter
- 200g dark chocolate
- 80g cocoa powder, sifted
- 65g plain flour, sifted
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 250g fresh raspberries
- 100g walnuts, roughly chopped
- 360g caster sugar
- 4 large eggs, beaten
22cm/9” x 27½cm/11” baking tin
baking paper
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C/160°C fan/350°F/gas mark 4. Line the baking tin with baking paper. Melt the butter and chocolate together in a glass bowl placed on a pan of simmering water.
- In a separate bowl, mix together the cocoa, flour, baking powder and sugar. Add the melted butter and chocolate and stir this combination well. Then fold in the raspberries and chopped nuts. Finally add the eggs and gently fold again until everything is fully mixed.
- Pour into the lined baking tray and place in the oven. Remove after 25-minutes and the inside of the brownie should still be a little gooey – don’t expect a skewer to come out clean like it must in sponge cake baking.
- Leave in the tray to cool and then cut up and serve.
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I ve never written a comment but wanted to let you know that this recipe with the substitution of matzo cake meal for the flour makes fantastic kosher for passover brownies. I think maybe a couple tablespoons less of sugar would actually make these taste even more chocolate rich. I sprinkled the top generously with chopped walnuts as I find that combination irresistible. Definitely a keeper for any and all occasions.
So much butter. Probably twice as much as needed. Brownies came out really greasy and the butter was pouring out.
I’m sorry they came out greasy. I wonder what went wrong. I’ve used this recipe a lot and it’s always worked for me. Did you use large eggs? It’s possible if the eggs were small ones the mixture might not have absorbed all the butter.
Oh my goodness me, these are incredible! I made them for a birthday party and they went down very well, none left for me! I’ve never made brownies before so wasn’t sure just how gooey they’d be in the middle – they were very gooey for a few hours after baking but I made the day before and after being in the fridge overnight they set firm enough to cut into lovely squidgy squares. Delicious!
★★★★★
None left for you, that’s not right! Sounds like you need to make some more 😉