Pirate Chocolate, Mushroom and Seaweed Brownies

Eco-chef Tom Hunt is here with this climate friendly recipe. These Pirate Chocolate, Mushroom and Seaweed Brownies contain super nutritious ingredients that also part of two key eco-systems that help draw down carbon. They're also delicious!

Ingredients

  • 60g wild or cultivated mushrooms, brushed clean
  • 50g raw local honey
  • 50ml extra virgin olive oil
  • 1/4 tsp psyllium husks, mixed with 3 tbsp water, optional
  • 45g organic buckwheat flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 80g Fairtrade organic dark chocolate, cut into pieces
  • 3/4 tbsp seaweed flakes

Method

Preheat oven to 160c fan and grease and line a 20cm pie dish.

Place the mushrooms and honey in a small saucepan with a lid on top over a medium heat. Bring to temperature and cook for two minutes or until the honey bubbles up and the mushrooms soften.

Turn the heat off, pour into a blender and puree with the olive oil and soaked psyllium husks, if using.

Melt 60g of the chocolate in a bowl over warm but not hot water, whilst stirring gently.

Once melted, with a metal spoon, carefully fold in the buckwheat flour, baking powder, mushroom mixture,1/2 tablespoon of the seaweed flakes and the remaining chocolate chips, until combined.

Pour into a greased and lined 20cm pie dish and bake in the oven for 15 minutes or until a crust forms on top but the centre is still moist.

Remove, sprinkle with the remaining seaweed flakes and allow to cool. Once cold, slice and serve.

Ingredients

  • 60g wild or cultivated mushrooms, brushed clean
  • 50g raw local honey
  • 50ml extra virgin olive oil
  • 1/4 tsp psyllium husks, mixed with 3 tbsp water, optional
  • 45g organic buckwheat flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 80g Fairtrade organic dark chocolate, cut into pieces
  • 3/4 tbsp seaweed flakes

Method

Preheat oven to 160c fan and grease and line a 20cm pie dish.

Place the mushrooms and honey in a small saucepan with a lid on top over a medium heat. Bring to temperature and cook for two minutes or until the honey bubbles up and the mushrooms soften.

Turn the heat off, pour into a blender and puree with the olive oil and soaked psyllium husks, if using.

Melt 60g of the chocolate in a bowl over warm but not hot water, whilst stirring gently.

Once melted, with a metal spoon, carefully fold in the buckwheat flour, baking powder, mushroom mixture,1/2 tablespoon of the seaweed flakes and the remaining chocolate chips, until combined.

Pour into a greased and lined 20cm pie dish and bake in the oven for 15 minutes or until a crust forms on top but the centre is still moist.

Remove, sprinkle with the remaining seaweed flakes and allow to cool. Once cold, slice and serve.