Dan Lepard's chocolate carrot brownie bar.
Dan Lepard's chocolate carrot brownie bar.William Meppem

Now here's an Easter Bunny-approved twist on chocolate brownies. To satisfy your inner Easter bunny,think of the eleven macadamias as representing either apostles or cricketers. The mixture of milk and dark chocolate is a nifty trick from Tasmanian chef Alistair Wise from Sweet Envy in Hobart,that gives the best marriage of milk chocolate's comfort and creaminess,and dark chocolate's cocoa intensity.

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Ingredients

  • 80g unsalted butter,softened

  • 160g castor sugar

  • 1 egg,plus one extra yolk

  • 100g milk chocolate

  • 100g dark chocolate (70 per cent cocoa) 

  • 40ml hot espresso-strength coffee

  • 10ml brandy or milk

  • 50g finely grated carrot

  • 110g plain white flour

  • ½ tsp baking powder

  • 11 macadamia nuts,shelled

Method

  1. Step1

    Brush the inside of a 25-centimetre by 10-centimetre long fluted tart tin with melted butter and dust evenly with flour.

  2. Step2

    Whisk the butter and sugar until smooth and light with an electric beater,then whisk in the egg and yolk on high speed until light and pale.

  3. Step3

    Melt the chocolates together,stir them through the butter mixture evenly with the coffee and brandy.

  4. Step4

    Stir in the carrot,flour and baking powder then spoon into the prepared tin evenly. Dot with the macadamia nuts,then bake at 160C fan-forced for 25 minutes. Leave until cold before cutting into slices.

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