Chocolate brownies

Name: Chocolate brownies
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 16 portions
Ingredients: 200 g dark chocolate, 60-69% cacao solids; 12 Tbsp butter; 250 g sugar; 3 large egg; 100 g flour; 30 g cocoa powder, not reconstituted

Fudgy chocolate squares.

45 minto make
16portions
Easyto cook
Vegetariandiet

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A medium footprint

0.39 kg CO₂e a portion, or 6.52 kg for every kilo of the dish: its climate, nitrogen, land and water impacts together, from farm to plate.

How we rate the footprint

A very low nutrition rating

253 kcal and 3.3 g of protein a portion. The rating weighs what's in it, inspired by Nutri-Score.

How we rate nutrition

Ingredients

For 16 portions

200 g dark chocolate, 60-69% cacao solids
12 Tbsp butter
250 g sugar
3 large egg
100 g flour
30 g cocoa powder, not reconstituted

Method

Heat the oven to 180 °C and line a 20 cm square tin.
Melt the chocolate and butter together, then whisk in the sugar and eggs.
Fold in the flour and cocoa.
Bake for 25 minutes, until just set, and cool before cutting.

Nutrition

	A portion (60 g)	100 g
Energy	253 kcal	421 kcal
Protein	3.3 g	5.5 g
Carbohydrate	28 g	46.6 g
of which sugars	20.3 g	33.7 g
Fat	15 g	25 g
of which saturates	8.8 g	14.7 g
Fibre	1.9 g	3.1 g
Salt	0.2 g	0.4 g

Footprint

	A portion	1 kg
Climate (CO₂ eq)	0.39 kg	6.52 kg
Nutrient pollution (N eq)	1.75 g	29 g
Land use for a year	0.46 m²	7.57 m²
Water use	128 l	2,133 l

Footprint from AGRIBALYSE 3.1.1 (ADEME), with our own minor changes. How we work it out.

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