Name of Recipe:Chocolate and Pear Self Saucing Pudding
Number of People:Serves 6
Ingredients:Sauce:
25g cocoa
125g brown sugar
375ml Boiling Water
Batter:
2 ripe pears, peeled, cored and chopped
150g S R flour
100g brown sugar
125ml Milk
40g melted butter
Preparation:1. Preheat oven to 180C, and grease a 1.5 L capacity casserole dish
2. Start with the sauce ingredients, and mix the 25g of cocoa and 125g of brown sugar at speed 4 for 3 seconds. Set aside in a jug.
3. Place pears in the bottom of the casserole dish.
4. Put the remaining batter ingredients in the TC/TMX bowl and mix at speed 4 (TMX speed 5) for 10 seconds. Scrape down with a spatula and mix for a further 5 seconds.
5. Pour batter over the pears and smooth the top with your spatula.
6. Pour the reserved dry topping ingredients evenly over the batter.
7. Pour the hot water carefully into the casserole dish over the topping and leave for 2 minutes before putting in the oven.
8. Cook for 35-45 minutes, until a skewer inserted half way into the pudding comes out clean (Don't push it all the way in, or you will strike the sauce!). The cooking time will vary depending on the depth of your dish.
9. Serve with cream, custard or ice-cream .
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Tips/Hints: I made this in my Thermo Chef, but I have given suggestions for a TMX. This is a yummy dessert for the middle of winter when pears are plentiful and you are in the mood for an old fashioned chocolate pud.
