Spiced red wine brownie

You wouldn’t expect to see red wine in a chocolate brownie recipe but it really works — give it a go!

Ingredients

100g 70% cocoa dark chocolate 150g unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing 200g Light brown soft sugar 2 Eggs, lightly beaten 100ml Red wine (we used Shiraz) 100g Co-op plain flour 50g Cocoa powder, plus extra for dusting ½ tsp mixed spice Zest of 1 small orange

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/fan 160°C/ Gas 4

Melt the chocolate and butter in a bowl over a pan of simmering water, making sure the water doesn’t touch the bowl, then set aside to cool for 5 mins

Meanwhile, lightly grease a 20cm square baking tin with butter and line with greaseproof paper

Stir the sugar, beaten egg, wine, flour, cocoa, mixed spice and orange zest into the cooled chocolate mixture. Beat thoroughly, then pour into the tin

Bake in the oven for 25-30 mins, until just set

Remove from the oven and allow to cool fully in the tin before turning out

Dust with extra cocoa powder, then cut into 12 squares to serve