Courgette Brownies

These brownies are beautiful and moist and the best part is it uses up some of the surplus courgettes from the garden. No one will be able to tell the secret ingredient either.

Ingredients: 

• 300g courgettes
• ½ tsp salt
• 200g dark chocolate broken into small pieces
• 150g butter
• 3 eggs
• 200g  sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 150g plain flour
• ½ tsp baking soda
• 2 tsp baking powder

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 180℃  and line a 27cm x 18cm baking pan with baking paper.
2. Grate or shred your courgettes and place in a colander with a bowl on top and sprinkle with salt. Leave to drain the excess moisture (you may need to push the bowl down to squeeze some of the moisture out).
3. Place the chocolate and butter in a pot under a low heat and melt slowly stirring constantly until they are melted. Leave to cool.
4. In a large bowl, whisk the eggs and sugar together using an electric mixer until doubled in volume.
5. Pour the cooled chocolate mixture into your egg mix carefully and gently fold together.
6. Fold in the grated courgette.
7. Gently sift in the dry ingredients and carefully fold into the mixture.
8. Pour mixture into the prepared tin, gently easing the mixture into the corners of the tin and levelling with a spatula.
9. Cook for 30 minutes.
10. Check to see if there is a paper-like crust on top – there should still be some movement in the centre of the tin. If it’s not ready, bake for another 5 minutes.