Pear brownies

This vegan but indulgent recipe by Del Monte (www.delmonteeurope.uk) is simple to recreate at home. These brownies are extra delicious and moist thanks to the addition of pears; each brownie is almost one of your five a day (we wish!).

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Nutrition Facts

Pear Brownies

Amount Per Serving

Calories 224 Calories from Fat 81

% Daily Value*

Fat 9g14%

Saturated Fat 4g25%

Trans Fat 1g

Polyunsaturated Fat 1g

Monounsaturated Fat 2g

Cholesterol 1mg0%

Sodium 8mg0%

Potassium 163mg5%

Carbohydrates 34g11%

Fiber 3g13%

Sugar 20g22%

Protein 3g6%

Vitamin A 11IU0%

Vitamin C 1mg1%

Calcium 37mg4%

Iron 3mg17%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Pear Brownies

A unique take on a classic baked good.

Prep Time30 minutes mins

Cook Time25 minutes mins

Total Time55 minutes mins

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: British

Servings: 20 brownies

Calories: 224kcal

Author: Del Monte

Equipment

• 20x25cm baking tin
• Large saucepan
• stick or jug blender

Ingredients

• 300 g dark chocolate roughly chopped or broken up
• 200 ml vegetable oil
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 300 g soft light brown sugar
• 415 g DelMonte® Pear Halves in Juice (2 cans)
• 200 g plain flour
• 100 g ground almonds
• pinch of salt

Method

• Preheat the oven to 180C/gas 4 and line a baking tin 20 x 25cm with baking parchment.
• Put the broken chocolate, oil, vanilla and sugar in a medium-large saucepan. Put over a low heat and melt together, stirring often, until smooth. It’s important not to let the chocolate get too hot – keep the temperature low. Remove from the heat as soon as everything is melted together and leave to cool slightly.
• Drain the cans of pears (you won’t need thejuice). Put the pears in a bowl and use a stick blender to blitz them to asmooth puree. You can also do this in a jug blender.
• Stir the pear puree into the pan of chocolate mixture.
• Combine the flour, almonds and salt and stir into the chocolate pear mix until thoroughly combined. Tip into the prepared tin, spread out and bake for 25 minutes until firm. Leave to cool completely in the tin before cutting into 20 squares.

Notes

Top tip

For a sophisticated twist, add 50ml of very strong black coffee (e.g espresso) to the saucepan to enhance the rich flavour of the brownies.

Nutrition

Calories: 224kcal | Carbohydrates: 34g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 8mg | Potassium: 163mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 20g | Vitamin A: 11IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 37mg | Iron: 3mg

Courtesy of Del Monte (www.delmonteeurope.uk). 

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