Chocolate and Pear Puds

Name: Chocolate and Pear Puds
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 22 min
Total time: 32 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 50 g butter, melted, plus extra for greasing; 100 g self-raising flour; 2 tbsp cocoa powder, plus extra for dusting; 125 g golden caster sugar; 1 medium egg; 4 tbsp semi skimmed milk; 1 Waitrose Perfectly Ripe Williams Pear, peeled, cored and diced; 50 g soft dark brown sugar

Pots of chocolatey goodness with pear chunks, serve warm with ice cream or crème fraîche.

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Vegetarian

Serves4
CourseDessert
Prepare10 mins
Cook22 mins
Total time32 mins

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Ingredients

50g butter, melted, plus extra for greasing
100g self-raising flour
2 tbsp cocoa powder, plus extra for dusting
125g golden caster sugar
1 medium egg
4 tbsp semi skimmed milk
1 Waitrose Perfectly Ripe Williams Pear, peeled, cored and diced
50g soft dark brown sugar

Method

Preheat the oven to 180ºC, gas mark 4. Grease 4 x 200ml ovenproof ramekins or dishes with butter and place them on a baking tray. Sift the flour and half the cocoa into a large bowl. Add the caster sugar and mix.
Whisk the cooled melted butter, egg and milk together in a small bowl. Pour over the flour mixture and whisk together well. Fold in the diced pear and spoon the mixture evenly between the prepared dishes.
In a separate bowl, mix the remaining cocoa and the brown sugar together. Sprinkle this over the mixture in each dish. Spoon 2 tbsps of boiling water evenly over each pudding.
Carefully place the tray in the oven and cook for 20–22 minutes, or until a skewer inserted halfway into the puddings comes out clean. Dust with more cocoa powder to serve. Great with crème fraîche or ice cream.