Chef Paulette's Mascarpone Walnut Brownie Recipe

Ingredients:

Chocolate mixture:
- 2/3 cup flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup bittersweet or semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 teaspoon instant espresso (optional)
- 1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature, plus bit more to - grease pan
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon orange extract
- 3 eggs, divided
- 1/2 cup broken up walnuts

Mascarpone mixture:
- 8 ounces mascarpone
- 1 egg yolk (from one of the three eggs above)
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Butter an 8-inch square pan. Fit with a piece of parchment to cover bottom and sides.
3. Whisk together flours, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl. 
4. In a medium heavy saucepan, melt butter, chocolate chips & espresso powder, whisk till smooth. Take off heat.
5. Add sugar and whisk in until smooth. Stir in vanilla & orange extract.
6. Whisk in 2 eggs & 1 egg white, one at a time. Whisk in dry ingredients until combined. Stir in walnuts.
7. In a separate bowl, whisk together mascarpone, reserved egg yolk, sugar, and vanilla until smooth.
8. Smooth half of the chocolate mixture into the pan.
9. Dollop 3/4 of the mascarpone mixture.  Cover with rest of chocolate batter.
10. Dollop the rest of the mascarpone mixture in small spoonful’s on top.
11. Drag through a knife to get a marbled effect.
12. Bake for 55 minutes until a toothpick poked in the middle comes out with a few crumbs. Cool before cutting into squares.

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