Brigadeirão
The brigadeiro (Portuguese for Brigadier); is a common Brazilian sweet, created in 1940. It is common throughout the entire country and is present in almost all the major Brazilian celebrations. The brigadeiro is made from condensed milk, cocoa powder, butter and covered with chocolate sprinkles. It’s a childhood favourite. This one is a family size dessert hence the name Brigadeirao.
This sweet is so popular that it has been the inspiration for many other spin-offs like ice creams, cake topping, sauces, etc. This recipe is a twist on the pudim-de-leite, another famous Brazilian dessert very much like a creme caramel, but this recipe adds chocolate and sprinkles just like brigadeiro!
Brigadeirão recipe
Ingredients
1 can of condensed milk (395g)
1 can of double (heavy) cream (400g)
100g of cocoa powder, I use Green & Blacks Organic
2 tablespoons of brown sugar
1 tablespoon of butter at room temperature
3 large organic eggs, at room temperature
butter for greasing
chocolate sprinkles to decorate
Method
1) grease a mould around 20cm x 9 cm deep. reserve.
2) pre-heat the oven 180 ° C
3) Blend the condensed milk, cream, chocolate powder, sugar, butter and eggs. When smooth, pour into a rounded shaped mold with a central hole (20cm in diameter) greased well with butter.
4) Cover with aluminum foil and bake in a water bath in a medium oven (170 ° C) for about 1 hour and 30 minutes. Leave to cool down a bit for 30m minutes
5)Unmold still warm and decorate the entire surface with chocolate sprinkles. Refrigerate for about 6 hours.
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Oh wow this looks incredible!!! Added to my baking list!!
Oh my goodness. This is a new one on me. Portugal is famed for it's custard tarts, so I shouldn't be surprised they have a chocolate version. I'm going to have to try this, it looks fabulous.
That looks amazing and definitely something i would love xo
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Gosh this looks like chocolate heaven! Bookmarking to try later!
wow its so rich and dense, I think one slice might just fill me up, but then will jus eat the whole thing!!! Love the photography on it
This chocolate flan looks incredible. What a perfect treat for a long hard day.
This looks like such a heavenly recipe. My chocoholic husband would really like this.
When I first saw the image…I was like
AM I IN HEAVEN?
Honestly, it looks amazing. I absolutely love chocolate!!
Wow. That looks so good. Flan always reminds me of sabrina the teenage witch and I've always wanted to try it
This looks insanely good, I would love to make something which looks as good as this!
I wish I had found this the other day, I was looking for something exactly like this!
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This looks and sounds amazing, my mouth is watering! I'm really wishing I hadn't given up chocolate right now…
Jess xo | The Indigo Hours