Brownies
FIVE OF A KIND1
LORRAINE’S PÂTISSERIE
The brownie at Lorraine’s
Pâtisserie in Sydney is a
crowd-pleaser. Made with both
dark and milk chocolate, it’s a
lighter and more subtly flavoured
batch than most. And if your
favourite part of a brownie is the
thin flaky layer on top, this one
does the same on the bottom.
Another square? $6.50 per
piece.merivale.com.au
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PHILLIPPA’S
With a recipe perfected over
24 years, the Belgian Chocolate
Brownie by Phillippa’s is a
classic. Made with Callebaut
chocolate, walnuts and Dutch
cocoa, it’s dense, and a treat to
serve warm. Just add a scoop of
ice-cream. $17-$21 for 360gm.
phillippas.com.au3
BLACK STAR PASTRY
Are we picking favourites? Never.
But if we were, this guy, teaming
dark Valrhona chocolate and
macadamia nuts, has the textural
variation, structural integrity and
powerful chocolate hit a brownie
needs. It’s rich and something to
be savoured. Over and over
again. $5.50 per piece.
blackstarpastry.com.au4
MONSIEUR TRUFFE
A limited-edition bean-to-bar
brownie: now we’ve seen it all.
Melbourne’s Monsieur Trufe
puts as much thought into its
rustic-style brownies as it does
its single-origin blocks. Think
68 per cent Bolivian chocolate for
a crumbly base, and 78 per cent
chocolate chips. $4.50 per piece.
monsieurtruechocolate.com5
THE LOST LOAF
Made in Adelaide, Emma
Shearer’s plum and quandong
brownie teleports you straight
to an Australian school fête.
Taken right to the edge in the
oven (hello char, crunch and
chew) with tart caramelised
fruit on top and whole chunks
of melting chocolate in the
middle, it’s a textural dream.
$4.50 per piece.0432 866 717Not too dense, not too crumbly, the best brownies deliver moreish
texture and a powerful chocolate hit. Here are ive to savour.
WORDS MAGGIE SCARDIFELD. PHOTOGRAPHY ANDREW FINLAYSON. STYLING ROSIE MEEHAN
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