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CHOCOLATE PEAR PUDDING

This is a cross between Pears Belle Helene and Eve's Pudding, but the only important thing to remember is that this is easy, quick, very comforting and seems to please absolutely everyone. It's not hard to ensure you always have what you need in the house to make this. And, for hot days when baked sponge and sauce seems inappropriate, then bear in mind that canned (or bottled) pears and chocolate sauce - with or without vanilla ice cream - make a lovely pudding on their own.

As with any baking, you really do want to have all ingredients at room temperature before you start.

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Ingredients

  • Express Recipe
  • Nigella Recipe
  • Vegetarian
  • 2 x 415g cans pear halves in juice
  • 125g plain flour
  • 25g cocoa powder
  • 125g caster sugar
  • 150g soft butter, plus extra for greasing
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Method

Serves: 6-8

  1. Preheat the oven to 200°C/gas mark 6 and grease a 22cm square ovenproof dish with butter.
  2. Drain the pears and arrange them on the base of the dish.
  3. Put all the remaining ingredients in a food processor and blitz until you have a batter with a soft dropping consistency.
  4. Spread the brown batter over the pears, and bake in the oven for 30 minutes.
  5. Let stand out of the oven for 5 or 10 minutes and then cut into slabs - I cut 2 down and 2 across to make 9 slices - and serve with chocolate sauce.

Comments

  • can i change pear to peaches ?

    Posted by Mellania on 11th May 2011 at 16.40

  • hi there.. i'm not a baking expert .. but i tried this.. n it turned out completely wrong.. how can the batter be droopy, if the only liquid in there is the 2 eggs, and 2 tsp of vanilla??!! did i miss something ? please help

    Posted by lavenderic on 30th May 2011 at 12.46

  • this pudding is sooo easy to make and the end result is fabulous, my husband was so impressed, truly delicious, its a quick easy pudding to make if you last minute decide you would like a sweet treat after dinner, it can be made up really quick

    Posted by nonie247 on 8th Jun 2011 at 15.57

  • Chocolate Pear Pudding ... is so simple yet sooo yummy, I have to make it every few weeks or so to keep my man happy. :) Its also a hit for dinner parties and the ease of making it takes the pressure off a bit. Love it xx

    Posted by josephineellul on 2nd Sep 2011 at 0.24

  • can fresh pears be used instead?

    Posted by SairM on 4th Oct 2011 at 7.19

  • Oh my goodness, this was delish! Really nice with milk while still warm. Yum!

    Posted by jemmalbrown on 4th Nov 2011 at 21.11

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