Port Style Brownies
(Ala Cooper)

Ingredients:

2 sticks unsalted butter - softened
16 oz. semi-sweet chocolate chips (use 1 cup now – 1 cup later)
4 large eggs
1 ¾ cups granulated sugar
¼ cup Cooper Vineyards Dicembre
½ tsp. salt & baking powder
1 cup all purpose flour
¼ cup unsweetened coca powder
The other cup of chocolate chips

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350.
Prepare two (13 x 9) baking pans using parchment paper or non-stick foil.

1. Using a double boiler, melt 1 cup of chocolate chips.
2. Remove from heat and let cool.
3. Mix butter & chocolate until smooth – let cool.
4. In a large mixing bowl, beat eggs and sugar until well blended. Blend in the
Dicembre and the cooled choc/butter mixture.
5. Blend in flour, salt, baking powder, & cocoa.
6. Fold in the other 1 cup chocolate chips.
7. Spread batter onto prepared pans. Bake 20-25 minutes until done to the touch.
DO NOT OVER BAKE. Cover with foil while cooling.

And-now The Coupe’ de Dicembre

Melt 1 cup chocolate in the microwave. Add ¼ cup Cooper Dicembre to the melted chocolate. Drizzle over brownies & enjoy!

Chicken Recipe: Cooper Style

Brown Chicken in ½ c. olive oil.
Clean pan after two times of cooking.
Add chicken to Dutch oven when brown. Add:

1 cup chicken stock
½ cup white wine
1 teaspoon green peppercorns
1 tablespoon peppers
1 tablespoon capers
1/3 cup dried tomatoes
1/3 cup Italian seasoning
Top with 10-12 baguette size celery about 3’’ long.

Put lid on Dutch oven and set on edge of hot BBQ, to maintain a soft boil, and finish cooking.

Chicken is done at thermometer 170 to 175 degrees.

Set Dutch oven on BBQ to finish cooking. Check with thermometer 35 to 45min.

To serve we remove chicken from Dutch oven and cut into ½ strips length wise. Arrange in the serving pan and ladle sauce and celery over chicken.