Chocolate chip brownies

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Ingredients

150g plain chocolate

225g softened butter

100g white chocolate

75g pistachio nuts

225g self-raising flour

125g caster sugar

4 medium eggs

Icing sugar (for dusting)

Method

• Preheat the oven to 180ºC.

• Line a 33cm/13in x 23cm/9in baking tray with baking paper.

• Break up the plain chocolate into pieces and place in a heatproof bowl along with the softened butter. Place the bowl over a saucepan of simmering water. Stir until melted, then leave to cool slightly.

• Chop the white chocolate and pistachio nuts.

• Sift the flour into another bowl and add the caster sugar, then set aside.

• Beat the eggs and stir into the melted chocolate, then pour the mixture into the flour and sugar and beat together well.

• Stir in the chopped nuts and white chocolate, then pour into the baking tray. Even out the mixture with a spatula. Bake in the oven for 30–35 minutes until risen and once pressed with your finger it springs back.

• When cooked, leave to cool in the tin for 15 minutes, then turn out onto a cooling rack and dust with icing sugar. Allow to cool fully before cutting into twelve pieces.