Description
Decadent brownies made with dark chocolate and crunchy pistachios, topped with a creamy pistachio ganache.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 ½ sticks (170g) unsalted butter
- 10.5 oz (300g) dark chocolate, chopped
- 3 large eggs
- 1 ¼ cups (250g) granulated sugar
- 1 cup (120g) all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons almond extract
- 1 cup (130g) pistachios, roughly chopped
- 8 oz (227g) white chocolate, finely chopped
- ½ cup (120g) heavy cream
- 3 tablespoons pistachio paste
- 1 pinch salt
- ½ teaspoon almond extract (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 335°F (170°C) and line a 9-inch square baking pan with parchment paper.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the eggs and sugar until pale and thick.
- Melt the butter and dark chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl in 30-second bursts until smooth.
- Pour the melted chocolate-butter mixture into the egg and sugar mixture and whisk until combined.
- Stir in the vanilla and almond extracts.
- Sift in the flour and salt, and fold gently until no flour streaks remain.
- Fold in the chopped pistachios.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes until the top is shiny and a skewer comes out with a few moist crumbs.
- Let the brownies cool completely in the pan.
- For the ganache, warm the cream in a saucepan until it just begins to bubble.
- Pour the hot cream over the chopped white chocolate and let it sit for one minute before stirring until smooth.
- Add pistachio paste and a pinch of salt, stirring until combined.
- Let the ganache cool to room temperature before spreading it over the brownies.
Notes
Serve chilled or with whipped cream for a delightful dessert experience.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 brownie
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 20g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 45g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 70mg