Gluten free chocolate orange brownies

The weather today was crazy - one minute sunny and the next windy and tipping down with rain. With such unpredictable weather the best plan of action was definitely to stay in and bake, which is how this little beauty was born! It is an adapted version of an Emma Goss-Custard recipe.

The brownies are super duper rich and so work magically with a good scoop of ice cream.

The photo above is of the non-topped versions but you can include the chocolate-orange topping if you so choose; I quite like them in their most deeply dark version.

To make a tray of gluten free chocolate orange brownies you will need:

Brownies
150g salted butter
600g plain chocolate
240g ground almonds
1 tbsp coffee granules (you can't taste it but it makes the brownies even more decadent)
1 tbsp of a mix of orange juice and zest (or if you wish just orange juice with bits)
6 eggs

Chocolate orange top
50g plain chocolate
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp of a mix of orange juice and zest (or if you wish just orange juice with bits)

Start off by pre-heating your oven to 180C and greasing and lining a square baking tin.

Melt the butter and plain chocolate together in a large bowl - either over boiling water or in the microwave with regular stirring and checking.

Once the chocolate and butter has melted throw in your ground almonds and coffee granules. Zest and juice the orange into a small bowl and spoon off 1 tbsp of this to add to the gloomy mix. Use and electric whisk and combine them all, adding the eggs slowly so as not to cook them. Keep beating the mix on a nice high speed until it is smooth and pale.

Pour the mix into the prepared tin and smooth right into the corners - it's pretty thick so this is quite important! Pop in the pre-heated oven and bake for 25 minutes - a skewer inserted in the middle should come out clean.

Leave to cool in the tin.

Make the chocolate orange topping by melting the chocolate, oil and a tablespoon of the orange juice and zest mix together. Smother this over the cooled brownie, allow to cool and cut into pieces.

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