Blood Orange (Arancia Rossa) Brownies
Blood Orange (Arancia Rossa) Brownies are best homemade brownie recipe with blood oranges and no brownie mix. Made from scratch, these are simple orange brownies without cocoa powder.
Ingredients
- Ingredients for brownies:
- 2 eggs, separated
- Pinch of salt
- 8 Tbsp sugar
- 1 Tbsp blood orange zest
- ½ cup blood orange juice ( 3 small oranges )
- 4 drops blood orange oil, optional
- 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 10 Tbsp melted butter, unsalted
- 3 drops red food colour, optional
- Ingredients for glaze:
- 10 Tbsp powedered sugar
- 3 Tbsp blood orange juice
Instructions
-
Preheat the oven to 180 C / 356 F.
-
Cover 7 x 7 inches pan with aluminium foil and lightly oil it.
-
In medium sized bowl, combine butter, egg yolks, orange zest, orange juice, food color, vanilla extract and orange oil.
-
In medium sized bowl, whisk egg whites, sugar and a pinch of salt until stiff peaks form.
-
Slowly add flour, baking powder and liquids mixture to egg whites and gently mix , using spatula, until even texture.
-
Pour the mixture into prepared pan and bake for 20 minutes.
-
Leave to cool completely.
-
In a small bowl, mix powdered sugar and orange juice to get smooth glaze and spread over the top of the brownies.
-
Cut 16 squares and serve.