Thursday, August 20, 2009

Brownie


Brownie.....
was not my favorite food....
was not one of the things that i will say i want to try to bake....he he he....
That was the thought....
now i bake brownie anytime as i find making brownie is easy and simple and yet the taste is so delicious....

Here is the story on how i invented my own brownie recipe..... he he he....ada story jugak tuh...
There was a ’ jual-jual’ at the lobby of this Menara TELEKOM during my SAP project time in Bangsar in year 2007. One of the tables was selling this sweets food like cakes, muffin, brownies, donut etc…. the rectangular brownies cost 80 cents..i think… so I tried…for the first time…..and I like it…
The next day I bought more to share with family members…and the next day I bought again .. ha ha ha…So the ‘jual-jual’ lasted for a few days…cannot remember how long . After some time the ‘jual-jual’ came back again. This time I ordered the whole tray for a birthday occasion. Then the next ‘jual-jual’ this guy tak ada…ahgg….frustrated…..so I called (nasib baik ada business card) to order and to deliver blah-blah-blah…..so it was never materialized…..huk huk huk….

Since that day I have been so craving on this particular brownies….. a friend and I tried to get the brownies recipes from other friends and internet…. So then i started with the episodes of trial and error in baking brownies…..as I would like to have a recipe with similar taste and texture to that particular brownies….

Every weekend I baked brownies from different recipes….there were spongy brownies, cakey brownies….chewy brownies….but never similar to that brownies…..hard at the edge, soft in the middle, nice taste….. So every Monday the husband and the kids will bring these brownies to their friends….at one time people want to order…..ish ish ish….but the hubby said this was a testing brownie which was not perfect…. I have tried many recipes and those recipes somehow similar in their ingredients but in different measurements.

Then the ‘jual-jual’ session came again and that guy was there……with no shame or what so ever…I kind of sweet talk to the person so hoping that he can reveal the recipe….
to my surprised he just mention that…. the brownies was ‘leceh’ in preparation….
It used a lot of eggs….he used cocoa powder…a lot of butter….need to do the caramel….and so on….

While walking back to the office…I kept repeating saying the ingredients…ha ha ha….
Once reached, i quickly put it down….ha ha ha….. I wondered now how I could remember everything…..must be so desperated……

YES …his recipe required more effort….so somehow I have settled with the recipe I like….i have here my recipe and also that guy recipe  (hopefully) at the end of this entry.

Brownies Azimah's version.
- 1 buku butter
- 1 bar cooking chocolate van houten 200 gm, pecah-pecah kan ke saiz kecil
- 2 1/4 cawan gula halus ( will more sugar make the brownies chewy? if needed add another 1/4 cup)
panaskan atas api kecil kacau perlahan hingga sebati (boleh gak guna method double boiler). ketepikan dan biarkan sejuk.

- 5 biji telur pukul sekadar bercampur saje
- 1 sudu teh esen vanila
campurkan sedikit-sedikit di adunan chocolate tadi dan kacau hingga sebati

- 1 cawan tepung
- 1 cawan cocoa powder
- 1 sudu kecil baking powder (x gunapun ok je)
campur semua dan ayak. masukkan sedikit-sedikit ke adunan chocolate tadi dan kacau sebati. jika adunan terasa berat campur 1 atau 2 sudu besar cucu cair.

bakar 40++minit (sehingga masak), 180 degree celsius

Variation- you can add nuts , chocolate chips, etc.


..ini gambar sebelum masak.... the darker the cocoa powder , the richer the color of your brownies ... .


Brownies (that guy recipe) -

1 buku butter Fernleaf
- 300 gm gula halus
- 5 biji telur
- 1 sudu kecil vanilla esen
- 8 oz cocoa powder (226 gm)
- 100 gm tepung naik sendiri
->pukul semua hingga sebati.

Caramel
- 1 buku butter Fernleaf
- 1 cawan gula perang (padatkan)
 - 1 atau 2 sudu makan whipped cream
-> panas kan atas api kecil butter dan gula. bila sudah sebati matikan api dan campur whipped cream. caramel akan jadi pekat.

-> bakar lebih kurang 600 gm cocoa batter selama 5 minit. keluarkan dari oven.
    tuang caramel.
    dan tuang lebihan batter. bakar hingga masak.

mungkin 30 /40 minit 180 degree celsius (ini macam style sandwich - caramel di tengah)




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