How to make Chocolate Mascarpone Brownies:
You’ll be melting butter and then pouring over chopped semisweet chocolate in a bowl. The hot butter will melt the chocolate. Then you’ll whisk that together until nice and smooth. Next you’ll mix in sugar and cocoa powder, then mascarpone cheese, eggs, vanilla, flour and salt. You’ll want to make sure the batter is well combined… and that there isn’t any residual butter swimming around in the batter before pouring it into a pan to bake.
What is Mascarpone Cheese?
It’s a fresh Italian cream cheese (not like USA cream cheese) sold in a tub. You should be able to find it in the specialty cheese section of your local market. Trader Joe’s also carries it, and you’ll find it for a good price there! If you don’t have access to mascarpone cheese, there are suggestions for how to substitute here.
After the brownies are baked, you’ll prepare the ganache frosting (a mix of chocolate, cream and butter). It’s simple to make. You’ll just heat up the cream and then add the chocolate and butter to the hot cream and let it sit.
Then you just whisk it together until it’s nice and smooth and pour it over your pan of brownies. It’s a thick layer of frosting that finishes these off and makes these Chocolate Mascarpone Brownies so decadent and wonderful! Give the chocolate ganache a chance to set, and then they’ll be easier to cut. You can see in the photo below that the frosting does set when it has been given a chance to cool.
The texture of these brownies can be described as rich and dense. They might be a little bit different in texture than what you’re imagining most brownies are like, but they’re a total delight. They are so delicious and chocolatey and rich!
Here are a few more brownie recipes you might like to try:
Chocolate Chip Walnut Brownies Peanut Butter Cup Brownies Pretzel Toffee Chip Brownies Mint Chip Brownies Salted Caramel Brownies Triple Decker Brownies Caramel Pecan Brownies Chocolate Fudge Brownies
