Name: Chocolate and pear pudding with chocolate sauce
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2 x 410g tins quartered pears in clear fruit juice, drained; 50 gram 62% dark chocolate, chopped; 150 gram butter, softened; 1/2 cup caster sugar; 2 teaspoon vanilla essence; 2 eggs; 3/4 cup flour, sifted; 3 tablespoon cocoa, sifted; 1 teaspoon baking powder, sifted; 1/4 teaspoon baking soda, sifted; Chocolate sauce; 200 gram 62% dark chocolate, roughly chopped; 1 1/2 cup cream; pouring cream and ice cream to serve

Chocolate and pear pudding with chocolate sauce

For an indulgent dessert, try this decadent chocolate and pear pudding that is great served with chocolate sauce, pouring cream and ice cream

This recipe first appeared in Food magazine issue 72.

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Ingredients

2 x 410g tins quartered pears in clear fruit juice, drained

50 gram 62% dark chocolate, chopped

150 gram butter, softened

1/2 cup caster sugar

2 teaspoon vanilla essence

2 eggs

3/4 cup flour, sifted

3 tablespoon cocoa, sifted

1 teaspoon baking powder, sifted

1/4 teaspoon baking soda, sifted

Chocolate sauce

200 gram 62% dark chocolate, roughly chopped

1 1/2 cup cream

pouring cream and ice cream to serve

Method

1.Preheat the oven to 180°C. Place the drained pears into a 24cm round baking dish. Sprinkle the chopped chocolate over the pears. Set aside.

2.Place the butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric beater and beat until the mixture is light and creamy. Add the vanilla essence and the eggs and beat until they are combined.

3.Fold in the flour, cocoa, baking powder and baking soda. Dot the mixture over the pears.

4.Bake the pudding in the preheated oven for about 40 minutes, or until the sponge springs back when touched.

5.To make the chocolate sauce, place the cream and chocolate in a microwave bowl and microwave on high for 80 seconds. Stir until the chocolate has melted.

6.Serve the pudding with the chocolate sauce, pouring cream and ice cream.

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