Brownie with crunchy caramel and pear compote

Name: Brownie with crunchy caramel and pear compote
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 42
Ingredients: 750 g Dark chocolate; 625 g Butter; 10 Eggs (size M); 300 g + 4 tablespoons brown sugar; 1/4 TEASPOON Salt; 550 g Flour; 125 g Cocoa powder; 2 1/2 TSP. Baking Powder; 4 Pears (about 200 g each); 500 g Mascarpone; 3 TSP Lemon juice; 400 g Whipped cream; 300 g Soft Caramels; 200 g Oat bran crispy flakes; 7-10 Tbsp Grease

AUTHOR
Sheila Zhang

DIFFICULTY
very easy

RATING

COOK TIME
60 mins

TOTAL TIME
60 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 42

750 g Dark chocolate
625 g Butter
10 Eggs (size M)
300 g + 4 tablespoons brown sugar
1/4 TEASPOON Salt
550 g Flour
125 g Cocoa powder
2 1/2 TSP. Baking Powder
4 Pears (about 200 g each)
500 g Mascarpone
3 TSP Lemon juice
400 g Whipped cream
300 g Soft Caramels
200 g Oat bran crispy flakes
7-10 Tbsp Grease

Directions

1
Chopping chocolate. Cut butter into pieces. Melt both in a pot at low heat while stirring.
2
Beat the eggs, 250 g brown sugar and salt in a bowl with the whisk of the hand mixer for 3-4 minutes until creamy. Stir in the chocolate and butter mixture and pour into the egg mixture. Mix flour, cocoa and baking powder.
3
Quickly lift under the egg mass.
4
Put the dough into the greased fat pan of the oven (32 x 39 cm) and smooth it down. Bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/ convection oven: 150 °C/ gas: see manufacturer) for 20-25 minutes.
5
Remove and let it cool down.
6
Peel and quarter the pears, remove the core and cut the flesh into thin slices. Caramelise 4 tablespoons of sugar in a frying pan. Add the pears, deglaze with 8 tbsp. water and steam in the closed pan at medium temperature for about 5 minutes.
7
Remove the pears and let them cool down.
8
For the cream, mix mascarpone, 50 g sugar and lemon juice. Whip 200 g cream until stiff and fold into the mascarpone. Spread the cream on the cooled brownie base and put it in a cool (better cold) place.
9
For the caramel, chop soft caramels. Heat 200 g cream and melt the soft caramels in it while stirring. Mix the crunchy flakes and caramel, spread on the cream and allow to set briefly.
10
Cut into pieces. Add the pears.