AN EASY BEETROOT BROWNIE

Ingredients.......250gm of dark chocolate melts, 250gm of butter/ marg, 2500gm of cooked beetroot, 3 eggs lightly beaten, 1 tsp of vanilla extract, 220gm of castor sugar, 30gm of cocoa powder, 60gm of rice flour/ plain flour, 1 tsp of baking powder, 100gm of almond meal. Preheat your oven to 180 deg C. Grease and line a 20cm x 20cm square pan . Melt the chocolate and butter/ marg together in the microwave in 15 second increments. Place the cooked beetroot in a food processor and pulse until pureed. Now transfer the beetroot to the bowl of your mixer and add the beaten eggs a little at a time , followed by the vanilla extract and sugar. Mix until smooth. In a separate bowl mix together cocoa powder, rice flour / plain flour, baking powder and almond meal. Stir the beetroot mixture into the melted chocolate and then fold the combined mixture into the dry ingredients. Pour the mixture into the prepared pan and bake for 30 minutes or until just firm to touch and a skewer inserted comes out a little sticky. Leave to cool in the pan and then slice into squares.