The Worlds Best Brownies

If you love cruising then, like me, you love food! I recently stumbled across the worlds best brownie recipe and thought I would share it with you. It's not the height of sophistication that you would find on board a cruise ship but give it a go. Brownies can be notoriously hard to get just right but this recipe has produced great treats everytime! Enjoy.

Ingredients
• 2 free-range eggs
• 130g/4¾oz caster sugar
• 20g/¾oz butter
• 200g/7oz plain chocolate, broken into pieces
• 30g/1oz plain flour, sifted
• ¼ tsp baking powder
• pinch salt
• 50g/2oz chopped nuts
• And/or 50g/2oz chopped white/milk chocolate

Preparation method
1. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.
2. Whisk together the eggs, sugar until it becomes thick, well combined and lighter in colour. Put this to one side
3. Melt the plain chocolate in a bain marie (or a microwave though watch you don’t over cook it). Stir regularly to avoid burning the chocolate and until it is all combined. Allow to cool.
4. Once cool add the egg and sugar mixture to the chocolate mixture and stir until well combined.
5. Fold the flour, baking powder and salt into the mixture until well combined.
6. Then add the nuts and chopped chocolate.
7. Line a baking tinwith greaseproof paper and pour the mixture in.
8. Place in the oven and bake for 10 minutes, or until the brownie biscuits have risen and cracked slightly and are crispy on top but soft in the centre and the tops have.
9. Set aside to cool and harden on a wire rack before serving.

Hint!: As irresistable as these treats will look after they come out do leave them for at least 15 minutes if not longer. If you dive in too early they wouldn't have set and you'll end up with very gooey fingers.

The best meal I've had on a cruise ship was on board Azamara Journey. We ate in the Aqualina restaurant and I died and went to foodie heaven. The waiters were the best, offering advice when my fellow diners and I couldn't decide and bring out additional dishes for us to sample throughout the courses. The cover charge is $15 and I would have happily paid that to eat there every night.
If you are interested in sampling this fine cuisine on board these beautiful boutique ship visit Ideal Cruising.