Food & Drinks
Brownies recipe from Hiltl
For the chocolate lovers, we share once more this recipe from Hitl.
The recipe, from Hiltl in Zurich, comes out of their cookbook “Hiltl. Virtuoso Vegetarian” (German: Hiltl. Vegetarisch nach Lust und Laune / French: Hiltl. Saveurs et fantasies végétariennes). The book is available at the „Haus Hiltl“ or online here .
The best brownies in Zurich
Makes 25 brownies – (30 x 27 cm baking tin)
Picture of the best brownies in Zurich – Recipe from the Hiltl book “Hiltl. Virtuoso Vegetarian”
Ingredients:
360 g butter
500 g vanilla couverture, grated (dark couverture)
5 large eggs
A pinch of salt
540 g brown sugar
½ tsp vanilla sugar
300 g shelled walnuts
360 g brown flour
Butter for the tin
How to make it:
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Melt the butter and vanilla couverture in a small pan on the lowest heat.
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Beat the eggs, salt, brown sugar and vanilla sugar till they are light and fluffy.
- Carefully fold the egg mixture into the butter and chocolate mixture. Fold in the flour and the walnuts.
- Preheat the oven to 180 °C. Generously butter the baking tin.
- Spoon the brownie mixture into the tin and spread smoothly.
- Bake for about 35 minutes in the lower third of the oven (about 5 minutes less in a convection oven).
- Leave to cool and then cut into 4 cm squares.
TIP: The brownies can be stored in a tin for several days.
Cover of the book “Hiltl. Virtuoso Vegetarian”
The Haus Hiltl, owned by Rolf and Marielle Hiltl, is the oldest vegetarian restaurant in the world and one of the best restaurants in Zurich. It was founded in 1898 by Ambrosius Hiltl.
Today Hiltl offers an à la carte-restaurant with self /take away, cooking classes and meeting rooms, turns in the night into a club and brings its healthy indulgence out of the restaurant with its catering team as well as the take aways at Jelmoli and PflanzBar. In the Hiltl shop you find books, cooking utensils, spices, tea specialties and much more.
In 2000 Rolf Hiltl joined the brothers Frei (Reto, Christian & Daniel) in a new adventure. The four started tibits, a concept for classy vegetarian fast food with restaurants in Zurich, Bern, Basel, Winterthur and London.
Haus Hiltl: Sihlstrasse 28 – 8001 Zurich Tel: 044 227 70 00
Thanks Vero, yummy choc treats! Marie