Treat your loved ones to the something sweet this weekend - heart shaped desserts, flirty drinks and memories that you will cherish together. Snuggle in your couch with a strawberry smoothie, a relatively easy and sneakily healthy drink. And to double the fun, add a couple of hearty brownies to ensure you have the perfect supper for this weekend. 

Recipe for Hearty Brownies & Strawberry Smoothie
brought to you by Cremica

Hearty Brownies

Ingredients

?          150 ml /3/4 cup) water

?          100 gr (1 cup) Cremica chocolate syrup

?          100 gr butter

?          100 gr (1/2 cup) sugar

?          5 ml ( 1/2 tsp ) vinegar

?          30 gr (3 tbsp) cocoa powder

?          160 gr (1 1/2 cup) maida

?          5 gr (1/2 tsp) baking powder

?          100 gr (1 cup) chopped nuts of your choice(optional)

Grease a 6 -7 inch baking pan with butter and dust lightly with flour. Melt the butter in a pan and add the chocolate syrup. Remove from heat and pour in the water-sugar and vinegar. Stear well till sugar is dissolved. Sift all dry ingredients together and stir into the chocolate mix. Pour into the baking pan-sprinkle the nuts on top if desired and bake in preheated oven at 150 c till an inserted skewer comes out clean. Let cool down before removing from molds. Cut heart shape cake of your choice and slice the in half for filling.

Filling

?          200 gr (2 cups) fresh cream well chilled

?          1/2 cup of Cremica Strawberry syrup

?          1/2 tsp gelatine

?          2 tsp water chilled

?          Sugar as per taste

?          Dash of vanilla

Soak the gelatine in the chilled water fo app 10 min till fully blossomed. Meanwhile whip the cream till stiff.

Warm the gelatine on low flame till melted. Remove and add the strawberry syrup. Let cool down till starts setting and fold in the whipped cream spread on the bottom part of the brownie heart and cover. Chill well in the fridge till ready to serve.

Strawberry Smoothie

?          Vanilla Ice Cream 1 Scoop

?          Milk 1 Cup

?          2-3 Tbsp. of Cremica Strawberry Syrup depending on the Glass Size

Place all ingredients in a mixer and blend well. Pour into Glass and garnish with a fresh strawberry if available. If available blend a few Strawberries with the Liquids.