What kind of brownies should I make? Dulce de leche to porteño-ize, or cheesecake to yanki-nate? Both? Done. You would think that taking on these tasks would be moderately time consuming, indulgent, and messy. Maybe. But the hardest part was finding the main ingredients: cocoa powder and high quality semi sweet baking chocolate.
I tried the two recipes from David Leibovitz and I picked a hot, humid muggy day to make them.
Brownie batter with globs of dulce de leche marbled with a spatula
I think I overcooked it… looks very cake-like.
Still tasty. And calorie free. No butter used at all.. On to the next without any hesitation. I splurged and went all out, I bought Philadelphia cream cheese (AR$13.95) instead of the local queso crema, I said I was gunna yanki-nate it!
Same deal, except there is more like a layer of the cream cheese topping, and then use the spatula for marblezation.
It is really hard for brownies not to be good. Although my eaters gave them rave reviews, the consistency made me mad. Too cakey, a little dry… I’m more for a gooey, moist brownie with a crispy top. I think my pan was too shallow, or I overcooked it. Damn. I’ll probably still eat em’ all anyway.
Recipes:
– Dulce de leche Brownies
– Cheesecake Brownies
ALLIE RAZAL says
I think I will try the DL recipe again, they were definitely much better the 2nd and 3rd day…You are absolutely right… INFORMED expat. :) Ale, if the mini baby was overjoyed then I did my job!!!
Anonymous says
Hi! I´m very delighted to have tried both brownies!! The cheesecake had a delicate and soft taste, and according to the comment of calorie free..they were my favourite!! and the dulce de leche brownies were more rough and rude…that`s why the real chocolate imposed over the dulce de leche, delicious of course too!!Me, your sister- in law, Maxi and the mini baby are overjoyed of having eated the famous brownies…Good job, kisses!!
Anonymous says
You mean well informed expat (singular!) ;o) You're welcome. Leftover accepted gracefully.
Katie says
Try again with the David Lebovitz dulce de leche brownie recipe. I made them before, and I got a fairly moist result (not gooey but nice and moist). Like you said, maybe a deeper pan would help.