04/10/2020
As our loved ones and communities fight the pandemic, we want to do our part to help - in ways big & small. Every Friday for the next few months, one member of our team will be sharing a favorite movie and recipe - a small gesture to bring some relief.
Every week, that team member will also select a COVID-related charity that we will donate to on behalf of everyone here at SBS.
We’re in this together.
This week, our VP Claudia Noel Traverso recommends...
Watch: EMMA. (2020)
Eat: Tartine Bakery Brownies
Donate: UCSF Medical Center's COVID relief fund
https://giving.ucsf.edu/coronavirus
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Recipe: Tartine Brownies
Ingredients
3/4 cup unsalted butter 6 oz/170g
1 lb bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped 455g
3/4 cup + 2 tbsp all-purpose flour 4 1/2 oz/130g
5 large eggs
2 cups light brown sugar, lightly packed 14 oz/395g
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups nuts like walnuts, pecans optional
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 9x13 inch baking dish or line with parchment paper.
In a small saucepan, melt the butter over low heat. Removed from the heat and add the chocolate. If the heat from the butter does not fully melt the chocolate, put the pan back over the heat for 10 seconds and stir until melted. Set aside to cool.
Sift the flour (or whisk the flour) in a small mixing bowl. Set aside.
In a medium mixing bowl (or bowl of stand mixer), combine the eggs, sugar, salt, and vanilla. Using a mixer with whisk attachment, beat on high speed until the mixture thickens and becomes pale in color and falls from the be**er in a wide ribbon that folds back onto itself and slowly dissolves on the surface, 4-5 minutes.
Using a rubber spatula, fold the cooled chocolate into the egg mixture.
Add the flour and fold it in quickly but gently with the rubber spatula so that you don’t deflate the air that’s been incorporated into the eggs.
Pour the batter into the prepared dish and smooth the top with the spatula. If you are using nuts, distribute them evenly across the batter.
Bake until the top looks slightly cracked and feels soft to the touch, about 25 minutes. Let cool completely on a wire rack.
Using a sharp knife, cut into 24 squares, or size desired.
