January 2010

A recipe from Alan Meaney from Sister’s Rock Restaurant

Chocolate cherry brownies with Cherry Liqueur

Ingredients
250g butter, chopped
210g dark chocolate, chopped
250g caster sugar
4 eggs
125ml Borrodell Cherry Liqueur
500g plain flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
200g Borrodell cherries, pitted

Method
Combine butter and chocolate in a bowl over a pan of simmering water and stir occasionally until melted.
Combine sugar and eggs in a mixer and beat until thick and creamy and mixture forms a ribbon. Stir in chocolate mixture and liqueur.
Fold in flour, baking powder and cherries.
Spoon mixture into a 26cmx18cm baking paper lined oven tray and bake at 170C for 20 minutes.

Cool in tin then cut 8cmx4cm pieces.
Makes about 24 pieces