Brownie Fudge Flan

Hey again everyone!

So the next recipe I used was from a magazine.... I am not completely sure which magazine... I think it was WHO from a while ago. Anyway this is the recipe (with a few tweaks to the method of my own):

250g packet plain chocolate biscuits

125g unsalted butter, melted

The flan in a regular flan tin. 

Whipped cream, strawberries, raspberries to serve

FILLING

120g dark chocolate

15g unsalted butter, chopped

3/4 C caster sugar

3 eggs

1/4 C plain flour

GLAZE

1/3 C dark chocolate melts

50g unsalted butter, chopped

METHOD

1. Grease a 24cm round loose-base flan tin (or you can go my route and just eat it out of a normal flan tin) and pre-heat oven to moderately slow (160 degrees)

2. Process biscuits in a food processor until they are finely crushed. Add butter. Process until combined. Press over base and up side of prepared tin. Refrigerate until firm (or until needed later in the recipe)

3. To make filling, stir chocolate and butter in a heatproof bowl (any bowl is fine really, just use a tea towel to hold it while the chocolate and butter melt) over a saucepan of simmering water until smooth. Transfer mixture into another bowl. Beat in the sugar in two batches with a handheld electric mixer (for all those whom have electric mixer stands it can be done in there too, but with a hand held you can make sure that all of the mixture is mixed in).

4. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, until they are combined. Mix in flour until just combined. Do not over mix! Pour into prepared flan tin. Place in oven. 

5. Cook in oven for about 30 minutes, or until the filling is firm to touch - the filling will have taken on a lighter colour than it went in. Turn off the oven and leave the flan in the oven for another 30 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool.

6. GLAZE:  stir ingredients in a heatproof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water until smooth, pour into middle of cooled flan. Tilt to evenly coat top. Refrigerate until set. 

and SERVE! It's pretty easy to make and make a delicious treat after dinner or for a dinner party you may be attending. 

It is honestly incredibly rich, so serve in modest slices but all in all its a fantastic dessert, easy to make!

Happy Baking!