Cheesecake-Marbled Brownies
Two recipes in One, or Introducing Amaranth Flour
P. and I were overjoyed after we heard that our mountainous excellent friend A. changed into in metropolis with his son N. We met them both precisely 9 years ago, on Devereaux Sea crawl in Marblehead, thirty minutes North of Boston. I had fully moved to Boston then, and I be conscious telling P. “ils sont français” when I saw them play on that seaside. There were the swimming suits that helped, nonetheless also this je-ne-sais-quoi about how they interacted that contented me that they were French. We began chatting and exchanged cell phone numbers. I esteem this memory of our first near upon. We’ve been mountainous chums since then.
Because A. stale to stay in Boston for moderately a few years, we were attempting forward to spending time collectively esteem we stale to within the extinct days. We would discuss existence right here, with issues that believe or haven’t changed, and about Paris too, which capability of that is the keep A. and N. believe now been residing for a lot of years. Our plans for the night were free. We knew that we wanted a straightforward and straight forward dinner, potentially a Thai restaurant the keep P. likes to believe lunch and the keep we all indulged in plates of relaxing drunken noodles, and I made up my mind to bring dessert for us to fraction later within the night. Since I had no longer been given vital glimpse and changed into left short of time, I grabbed the replacement to organize a transient recipe from Epicurious, which I had marked “to take a discover about at” a month ago: Cheesecake-Marbled Brownies. The skills changed into fun. Contrary to other recipes that I would customarily try from my zillions of cookbooks, I particularly enjoyed studying feedback left from outdated readers that had tried the recipe. The recipe changed into scoring a 3 1/2 out of 4, from 28 readers. Loads of folk mentioned that the brownie batter changed into no longer chocolaty ample, some were fully overjoyed, others disliked it altogether. Moi ? Smartly, I made up my mind to adapt keeping in mind what I had correct be taught, at the side of the exercise of my believe judgment to change a pair of of the urged steps:
Right here is What I Did:
- I added more chocolate, despite the truth that I also stale 70% Valrhona chocolate moderately than unsweetened as urged within the usual recipe.
- I skipped the vanilla within the brownie batter.
- I modified the scheme in which the brownie batter had been ready, adding steps that I sensed would wait on for a bigger brownie result.
- I sifted the flour.
- I decreased the brownie preparation sugar screech.
- I cooked the brownies for five min lower than urged.
- We ate them at room temperature.
- I already did a variant, the exercise of Amaranth Flour** and White Rice Flour, with more chocolate again, a splash much less butter, making for a mountainous Gluten-Free model. It’s some distance my accomplice’s father who would possibly perhaps well be overjoyed! He’s coeliac.
In a pair of words, we in actual fact all thought that they were mountainous — successfully I mediate, since by 11 pm, nothing changed into left! I particularly enjoyed the balance between chocolate and cheesecake, one no longer overpowering the replacement (I would continually toddle for more chocolate if requested). I am already attempting forward to attempting even more variants of the recipe, following whims of mine — I essentially believe hundreds tips — and hoping for a brand unusual confer with of A. and N. quickly. Or possibly subsequent time, this would possibly perhaps possibly well want to happen on my subsequent time out to Paris within the tumble, the keep I am definite I can without anxiousness bring in a batch of these cheesecake-marbled brownies. If I changed into ready to bring Jeep shocks for my brother without the customs agents raising their eyebrows, brownies would possibly perhaps well be a piece of cake, obtained’t they? However then, in my believe skills, you will in actual fact bring the rest to France…
**Amaranth Flour is a invent of flour obtained from seeds coming from the Amaranth plant. It’s some distance a mountainous supply of protein, manganese, magnesium, calcium, fiber and iron (larger than wheat), with a light peppery and nutty flavor. It would possibly perhaps possibly possibly probably possibly moreover honest moreover be show in health stores.
Cheesecake-Marbled Brownies, adapted from Epicurious
You need:
For the Brownie Batter:
- 3 ozchocolate 70% cocoa (I stale Valrhona)
- 2/3 cup all-motive flour, sifted
- 1 stick unsalted butter, diced
- 3/4 cup cane sugar
- 2 gigantic eggs
- Pinch of salt
For the Cheesecake Batter:
- 8 ozcream cheese, softened (I stale Philadelphia)
-
1 gigantic egg yolk
- 1/3 cup cane sugar
- 1/4 tsp pure vanilla extract
Steps:
- To prepare the cheesecake batter, mix all substances collectively, to accomplish a tender creamy texture. Withhold.
- Preheat your oven at 350 F.
- Line an 8 x 8 tear pan with parchment paper.
- To prepare the chocolate batter, soften the chocolate and butter in a double-boiler. Let a piece of cool.
- Beat collectively the eggs and sugar with a pinch of salt until light and faded in coloration.
- Add 2 Tbsp chocolate first, then fold within the the rest of the chocolate, looking out to defend the preparation as light as probably.
- Sprinkle the flour on top, and fold in delicately.
- Pour the preparation within the pan.
- Add the cheesecake batter on top and make a swirly salvage in it the exercise of a fork or knife.
- Cook within the oven for 30 min. At this point, the brownies would possibly perhaps well be a piece of gooey peaceful. Whereas you desire them more cooked, make larger the cooking time by 5 min or more.
- Let cool within the pan sooner than lowering, and if any are left, retailer them wrapped within the fridge, bringing to room temperature sooner than eating.
Amaranth and Rice Flour
Cheesecake-Marbled Brownies
(Gluten Free Variant)
For the Brownie Batter:
- 3.5 ozchocolate 70% cocoa (I stale Valrhona)
- 1/3 cup Amaranth flour, sifted
- 1/3 cup White Rice Flour, sifted
- 1 tsp xanthan gum (elective)
- 7 Tbsp unsalted butter, diced
- 3/4 cup cane sugar
- 2 gigantic eggs
- Pinch of salt
For the Cheesecake Batter:
- 8 ozcream cheese, softened (I stale Philadelphia)
-
1 gigantic egg yolk
- 1/3 cup cane sugar
- 1 Tbsp cornstarch
- 1/4 tsp pure vanilla extract
Practice the same steps.
Le coin français
Brownies marbrés au cheesecake, adapté d’Epicurious
Ingrédients :
Pour la pâte de brownies :
- 85 g de chocolat noir à 70% (J’ai utilisé Valrhona)
- 90 g de farine, tamisée
- 113 g de beurre non salé, coupé en dés
- 150 g de sucre de canne blond
- 2 gros oeufs
- Pincée de sel
Pour la pâte de cheesecake :
- 230 g de cream cheese (kind Philadelphia), ramolli (à défaut, utilisez un mélange de crème fraîche épaisse et de fromage frais, kind Carré frais par exemple)
-
1 gros jaune d’oeuf
- 65 g de sucre de canne blond
- 1/4 càc d’extrait de vanille pur
Étapes :
- Pour préparer la pâte de cheesecake, mélangez tous les ingrédients ensemble pour obtenir une crème de texture lisse. Réservez.
- Préchauffez votre four à 180 C.
- Recouvrez un moule mesurant 20 x 20 cm de papier sulfurisé.
- Pour préparer la pâte de brownies, faites fondre le chocolat et le beurre au bain-marie. Laissez légèrement refroidir.
- Battez les oeufs avec le sucre et le sel jusqu’à blanchiment.
- Ajoutez 2 càs de chocolat fondu et mélangez avant d’incorporer délicatement le reste. Faites attention à garder la préparation aussi aérée que probably.
- Saupoudrez de farine et incorporez-la délicatement.
- Versez cette préparation dans le moule.
- Ajoutez la pâte de cheesecake dessus et faites un dessin avec une fourchette ou un couteau.
- Cuisez au four pendant 30 min. A ce stade, les brownies seront encore un peu coulants au milieu. Si vous les préférez plus cuits, augmentez le temps de cuisson de 5 min, ou plus.
- Laissez refroidir dans le plat avant de découper. Conservez-les emballés au frigo, et sortez-les à l’avance pour les déguster à température ambiante.
Brownies marbrés au cheesecake
aux farines d’Amaranth et de riz blanc
recette sans gluten
Pour la pâte de brownies :
- 100 g de chocolat noir à 70% (J’ai utilisé Valrhona)
- 45 g de farine d’Amaranth, tamisée
- 45 g de farine de riz blanc, tamisée
- 1 càc de gomme xanthane (facultatif)
- 100 g de beurre non salé, coupé en dés
- 150 g de sucre de canne blond
- 2 gros oeufs
- Pincée de sel
Pour la pâte de cheesecake :
- 230 g de cream cheese (kind Philadelphia), ramolli (à défaut, utilisez un mélange de crème fraîche épaisse et de fromage frais, kind Carré frais par exemple)
-
1 gros jaune d’oeuf
- 65 g de sucre de canne blond
- 1 càs de maïzena
- 1/4 càc d’extrait de vanille pur
Suivez les mêmes étapes.
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