Beetroot Brownies

I made these the other day in prep for Valentines as I knew I would be sending Mr Big to work with a heart-shaped one, scattered with rose petals and lightly dusted with icing sugar, so he could show off to his friends.

I think the beetroot adds an extra dimension. And it certainly adds to the richness and colour.

I use this recipe as this is where we get our organic veggies (and as of last week, organic meat) from.

Here is the link: http://www.riverford.co.uk/feed/sacrewell/in:recipes/chocolate-beetroot-brownies/

And here are the pics of the brownies in progress.

Along with the finished articles. Well, once baked. Although I find I do have to bake for a LOT longer than it says in the recipe. But maybe that's just our oven!

I doubled the ingredients here in case you were wondering. To be honest, it was a bit of a close call when it came to finding a big enough bowl to mix it all up in. Which I managed. Just. As the pics show!

That's the trouble with the work-in-progress kitchen. I don't have any of the bigger culinary items I need as I don't want to buy anything until we've got the actual kitchen!!

Note the angle of some of these pics too. Yes, I was stood on a chair to take them. The things I do for you...!

Also note to self: our oven is too small for this scale of cooking. So the top shelf is ok. But underneath that it 's at best temperamental. Hence the massively elongated cooking time and frequent altering of levels.

Oh that new kitchen is going to have a big oven. Oh yes. And it will be fabulous.

WM x

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