85g milk chocolate, chopped
115g unsalted butter, diced
200g caster sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste
2 large eggs, beaten
2 large egg yolks
100g plain flour
60g self-raising flour
40g cocoa powder
300g small firm raspberries
2 egg whites
100g caster sugar
You will also need a 20cm (8 inch) square baking tin, greased and lined with baking parchment
Preheat the oven to 170ºC/325ºF/gas mark 3.
Combine the dark and 25g of the milk chocolate in a heatproof bowl. Add the butter and melt together carefully in a microwave in 20 second bursts or over a pan of simmering water. Stir until smooth and combined and leave to cool slightly.
Add the sugar, vanilla and beaten eggs and egg yolks to the melted chocolate and butter and mix to combine.
Sift both of the flours and cocoa powder into the bowl and mix until smooth. Fold in the remaining 60g of milk chocolate and spoon into the prepared tin. Spread level with a palette knife and dot with the raspberries, bake on the middle shelf of the preheated oven for 20 minutes.
In the meantime whisk up the 2 egg whites until they have reached soft peak stage, slowly add the sugar until firm and glossy, spoon into a piping bag fitted with an open star nozzle. Pipe small dots of meringue all over the top of the brownie. Turn the oven down to 120˚c place the brownie back into the oven and bake for a further 40-45mins, then turn off the oven and leave the brownies in the oven to cool completely before removing and cutting into squares.
In the meantime whisk up the 2 egg whites until they have reached soft peak stage, slowly add the sugar until firm and glossy, spoon into a piping bag fitted with an open star nozzle. Pipe small dots of meringue all over the top of the brownie. Turn the oven down to 120˚c place the brownie back into the oven and bake for a further 40-45mins, then turn off the oven and leave the brownies in the oven to cool completely before removing and cutting into squares.
