Fudgey Pecan Brownies

Method

• Preheat oven to 180°C (or 160 °C fan forced), and grease + line a 19cm x 29cm slice pan with baking paper.
• Melt butter and chocolate in medium saucepan over low heat. Stir in sugar, cook + stir for 2 minutes.  Cool for 10 min.
• Place pecans in a food-processor, process until ground (crumb-like). 1-1 ½ cups pecans should provide the ¾ cup ground pecans which is needed.
• Stir in eggs, ground pecans, flour, sour-cream, 2 tbsp of the sifted cocoa, and vanilla into the chocolate mixture until combined. Stir in chopped pecans.
• Spread mixture into prepared pan and bake for 40-45 minutes. Cool in pan, then cut into squares.
• Dust with icing sugar and serve with fresh raspberries and lactose-free vanilla ice-cream!