Flourless Chocolate Brownies with Hot Chocolate Sauce

As you would probably have guessed, I'm a chocolate lover. And all chocolate lovers love a good brownie. This brownie from Nigella is very good, and very easy to make.

In place of flour, the recipe uses ground almonds. It also uses a lot of butter. The batter is a very oily proposition.

You basically melt the chocolate and butter, mix in the rest of the ingredients and then bake it. While hot, it never looks quite done, as it is still very gooey inside. But it will cool and set!

It's very very rich and damp and fudgy. Great with hot chocolate sauce. Nigella's recipe for hot chocolate sauce which contains some coffee powder, adding a nice kick. Great with ice-cream.

Totally Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies

Who doesn't like a chocolate chip cookie? And, unless you don't like chocolate, why wouldn't you like this chocolate chip cookie from Nigella Express? It's more than a chocolate chip cookie, it's even more than a double chocolate chip cookie. It's a Totally Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookie.

As it's name suggests, it involves 350g of chocolate chips in addition to the chocolate & cocoa powder already in the dough. The dough was thick and smelt good enough to eat.

To bake, you spoon an ice-cream scoop full of dough onto the baking tray. The result is one huge and very very chocolatey chocolate chip cookie. Very nice with milk.

As usual it was easy to put together. The only problem I faced was that it was hard to tell when the cookie was done just right, as you don't have the usual "or when the cookies are golden brown" to guide you. My first attempt was a little burnt. But my next few attempts were fine.

It is rather rich and very huge, so you might find it better to share one cookie. I didn't think I would be able to finish a dozen cookies, so I froze half of the dough for a quick treat another day.