CHOCOLATE BEETROOT BROWNIE

March 23rd, 2015

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Chocolate Beetroot Brownies

This moist brownie is a great way to use up beetroot lurking in the fridge and adds extra nutrition to a sweet recipe. Be sure to grate the beetroot finely so it melts into the brownie giving it a lovely pink tinge and some sweetness. Choose quality chocolate with minimum 70% cacao solids.

Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 25 minutes mins

Ingredients

• 75 g unsalted butter
• 100 g dark chocolate
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 3 free-range eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup finely grated beetroot, packed
• 3/4 cup white flour, ground almonds, or gluten-free flour
• 1/3 cup cocoa powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

Instructions

• Preheat oven 180°C. Line a 20 x 22cm baking tin.
• In a large saucepan melt the butter. Turn down the heat and add the chocolate and sugar, stirring to melt together. Once melted remove from the heat and cool slightly.
• Add the eggs to the melted chocolate one at a time, whisking constantly.
• Add the vanilla, grated beetroot, flour, cocoa and baking powder. Gently fold together.
• Pour into the lined tin and bake for 20-25 minutes until an inserted skewer comes out clean. Cool in the tin for 10 minutes then remove onto a cake rack to cool. Cut into 12 squares. Keep in an airtight container.

One of the first things I learned to grow was beetroot. In my early days of gardening, I was rather ambitious, growing all these exotic things because they sounded like fun – like Borlotto Fire Tongue Bean. However, as the years have passed I have worked out it is so much more garden [and time] efficient to grow what we eat often. And what we can be pricey at the market. Beetroot is one of those things and we eat a lot of it, my children were virtually weaned on the stuff. I am not exaggerating, my marinated beets (recipe in my Homegrown Kitchen cookbook) were a staple finger food when they were starting food. Oh, the colourful mess!

So when I received a call from National Radio recently asking if I was interested in talking about growing beetroot and sharing some recipes I was naturally very keen. There is no point repeating what I talk about on the interview so head over and have a listen HERE.

Plus links to the recipes for Raw Beetroot & Feta Salad and Marinated Beetroot. And a little more detail about growing beetroot HERE [from a very early Homegrown Kitchen journal post].

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