Matcha & white chocolate brownies

When I was in Japan earlier this year, I fell in love with everything matcha flavoured. Fortunately, in Japan, everything comes in matcha flavour. There is matcha soft serve ice-cream, matcha brownies, matcha cakes, matcha cream buns, matcha kit kat...and the list goes on. 

I'm pleased to say that I finally perfected my matcha brownie recipe and can have a taste of Japan here at home. It's surprisingly fast and tastes amazing. 

You’ll need the following ingredients - white chocolate, sugar, butter, eggs, matcha powder, flour, and vanilla extract. You can also use chopped almond to give some crunch. 

This recipe makes 12 brownies. 

Ingredients

114 grams unsalted butter
150g white chocolate
2 eggs
1 cup flour
1/2 cup castor sugar
1/2 cup dark brown sugar
1/4 cup matcha green tea powder
1/4 tsp vanilla extract

(optional 1/2 cup chopped/sliced almonds)

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Line a brownie tray with greaseproof paper. 
2. Bring a small pot of water to the boil and place the glass bowl with the butter over the simmering water (this is called cooking over a "Bain Marie") until butter is melted.
3. Once butter has melted, add the sugar, and stir using a whisk until combined. 
4. Take the bowl off the heat and add two eggs. Whisk until combined. 
5. Add flour, vanilla extract, and matcha powder and stir using a wooden spoon. 
6. Let cool. 
7. Add roughly chopped white chocolate or chocolate chips. If you're using almonds, add these now also. 
8. Pour into lined brownie tray. 
9. Cook for 20-25 minutes.
10. Allow to cook before removing form tray and cutting.