Goat Cheese Brownies

A sugared, tangy layer of goat cheese swirled between two layers of salted dark chocolate- this is the deliciously decadent magic that happens when sweet and savory meet each other halfway.

Goat Cheese Brownies
Chocolate Layer
Ingredients
3 eggs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup canola oil
2 tablespoons water
2/3 cup cocoa powder
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup powdered sugar
3/4 tsp salt
1 cup flour
1 cup dark chocolate, cut into pieces
Fleur de sel or maldon for sprinkling

Goat Cheese Layer
Ingredients
7 ounces goat cheese, room temp
1 tablespoon powdered sugar
1 egg
1 tablespoon flour
1/2 teaspoon milk (or water)

Directions
Preheat oven to 350F. Grease a 8x8 pan or glass baking dish (baking time will be much shorter if using the former). In a medium bowl, whisk together the eggs, oil, vanilla, and water until uniform. In separate large bowl, whisk the cocoa powder, sugars, salt, flour, and chocolate pieces together. Add the wet ingredients to dry and fold until just combined and no flour remains visible. In a small bowl, mix all goat cheese ingredients together until a wet, smooth, paste is formed. You can also add more milk little by little if your mixture is too thick to spread, and as a reader noted, warming the cheese in the microwave to soften helps as well.

Assembly
Spread half the chocolate mixture into prepared pan, then layer all of the cheese mixture, and top with the rest of chocolate mixture- everything spread evenly to ends of pan for distinct layers. Sprinkle with a little fleur de sel. Bake for approx 45 minutes, or until center is set and skewer test comes out clean. Let cool completely before cutting.
Adapted from: Always With Butter