{"id":43,"date":"2021-10-29T10:41:23","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T10:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrs.co.za\/blog\/?p=43"},"modified":"2021-11-03T10:43:51","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T10:43:51","slug":"le-fera-loaded-brownies-with-bells-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrs.co.za\/blog\/le-fera-loaded-brownies-with-bells-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Le Fera Loaded Brownies (with bells on!)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> Spread the love this Christmas with these fully loaded decadent Brownies (with bells on!). What better gift from the heart than a couple of these bad boys, made with love and beautifully gift-wrapped!? <br> <em>(makes 12 servings)<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ingredients<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>225g dark chocolate, 60% or darker<\/li><li>1 cup butter (230 g)<\/li><li>1 \u00bd cups sugar (300 g)<\/li><li>4 eggs<\/li><li>2 teaspoons vanilla extract<\/li><li>1 teaspoon salt<\/li><li>1 \u2153 cups flour (165 g)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>ADD INS\u00a0(load those babies!)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u00bd cup salted peanuts (60 g)<\/li><li>\u00bd cup salted pretzels (60 g), crushed<\/li><li>\u00bd cup popcorn (85 g)<\/li><li>\u00bd cup white chocolate chips (85 g)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>TOPPING\u00a0(\u2018cos they\u2019re not quite decadent enough yet!)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>10 chocolate sandwich cookies (Romany Creams, or similar), chopped<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>CHOCOLATE SAUCE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>1 cup chocolate chips (175 g)<\/li><li>1 cup cream (240 ml)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CARAMEL CRISPY RICE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>1 cup brown sugar (220 g)<\/li><li>4 tablespoons butter<\/li><li>4 tablespoons cream<\/li><li>1 teaspoon salt<\/li><li>1 cup Rice Krispies<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Preparation<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Preheat oven to 180\u00b0C.<\/li><li>Melt chocolate and butter over a double boiler until melted.<\/li><li>Add sugar and mix well.<\/li><li>Add vanilla extract and salt.<\/li><li>Whisk in the eggs one at a time until fully incorporated and batter is glossy.<\/li><li>Fold in flour gently until smooth.<\/li><li>Fold in add-ins.<\/li><li>Pour into greased 23x33cm pan. Bake 25\u201330 minutes until toothpick comes out clean.<\/li><li>To make the Caramel Crispy Rice, melt all the ingredients in a medium-sized heavy bottom sauce pan until boiling. Cook for 3 minutes on medium heat while stirring to prevent burning. Add the Rice Krispies and toss until coated, spread evenly onto lined sheet tray and allow to cool.<\/li><li>For the Chocolate Sauce, microwave the chocolate chips and cream in 30-second intervals until smooth.<\/li><li>Allow brownies to cool 15 minutes before drizzling with the Chocolate Sauce, crumbled biscuits and caramel rice.<\/li><li>Cut and serve.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Enjoy!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Recipe credit:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/tasty.co\/\">https:\/\/tasty.co\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spread the love this Christmas with these fully loaded decadent Brownies (with bells on!). What better gift from the heart than a couple of these bad boys, made with love and beautifully gift-wrapped!? (makes 12 servings) Ingredients 225g dark chocolate, 60% or darker 1 cup butter (230 g) 1 \u00bd cups sugar (300 g) 4 eggs 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 teaspoon salt 1 \u2153 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrs.co.za\/blog\/le-fera-loaded-brownies-with-bells-on\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Le Fera Loaded Brownies (with bells on!)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-le-fera-restaurant","category-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrs.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrs.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrs.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrs.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrs.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrs.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrs.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrs.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrs.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrs.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}