Chocolate and Pear Pudding

In the UK pears are in Season in the Autumn so now is the best time to make this cake as the pears are so soft and full of flavour.

Ingredients

A tin of pears or 4 Pears cut in half
250 grams of Dark Chocolate , broken up
100 ml of milk
175 grams of unsalted butter
175 grams of light muscovado sugar
4 eggs , lightly beaten
150 grams of self raising flour
75 grams of Ground almonds

Method

1) Grease a 20cm loose bottom cake tin  , cut your pear in half length ways and arrange cut side up.
2) Place the chocolate in a bowl with the milk and melt over a pan of simmering water. Make sure the bowl doesn't come into contact with the water. Once melted leave to cool.
3)Then beat the butter and sugar until it becomes light and fluffy
4) Then continue to beat adding one egg at time. You can add a few tablespoons of flour to prevent curdling.
5) Then stir in the melted chocolate and sift the remaining flour and add the ground almonds and  fold lightly with a metal spoon.
6) Pour on top of the pears and smoothing over the top.
7) Bake for about 1hr 15 minutes at 190 oC
8) Once cooked leave to cool for about half an hour.
9) Whilst cooking  you can make the syrup if your using a tin of pears with syrup then simply boil the syrup until it reduced by half , if you use fresh pears , then use about a  teacup of pear juice and keep adding caster sugar until the simmering mixtures becomes syrupy.
10)  Make a few holes in the cake and add  add a teaspoon of this syrup on top of the holes and repeat until the mixture is totally absorbed.
11) ENJOY !!!!!!



The cake went really with cream

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Omurice

Image
Omurice is a Japanese dish of rice and egg popular in Both in Japan and Korea. Ingredients for 2 people Fried Rice  2 Bowls of cooked Rice 4 Rashes of bacon chopped or 100 grams of chopped ham Half a courgette chopped finely Half an onion chopped finely 1 Tbsp of Oyster Sauce 2 Tbsp of Ketchup 2 tsp of Sesame Oil Salt and Pepper to taste 2 Eggs beaten per person Garnish with Tonkatsu sauce or ketchup, Spring onion chopped, Tomato chopped Method 1) Stir Fry Chopped Onion , Courgette , Bacon for about 3 minutes 2) Add the rice and peas Mix well and cook until all the veg are cooked 3) Add the Oyster sauce,Ketchup , Sesame oil  and season to taste 4) In another frying pan , heat  oil and pour egg mixture and cook with low heat, when the outside of the egg starts to cook put the fride rice on one side of the egg and fold. 5) Place on a plate and garnish  and repeat for the other portion.
Read more

Chinese Steamed Cod

Image
I love steamed fish and this is a simple and lovely way to prepare fish Ingredients Serves 2 2 X Cod Fillets Coriander to Garnish Sauce 2 Garlic Cloves , finely chopped 1 Tablespoon finely chopped fresh Ginger 1 Chilli Finely Chopped 1 Tablespoon of Rice Wine 2 tablepoons of Light Soy Sauce 1 Teaspoon of  Toaste Seasame oil Salt and pepper Method 1) Place Fish in a heat proof  plate add the sauce ingredients and mix well 2) Add to a bambo steamer and steam for 8 minutes 3) Garnish with Coriander and Enjoy
Read more

Kung Pao Prawns

Image
This is a Chinese dish that tastes great and is authentic. Amazingly this dish is easy too. Kung Pao Sauce makes another for 3 meals 3 Tablespoons of Peanut oil 2 teaspoons of Korean Flakes 1 Teaspoon of Ground Sichuan Peppercorns 2 Tablespoons of minced Garlic 1 Tablespoons of minced Ginger Sauce 1/2 cup Chinkiang Vinegar 1/4  cup soy sauce 1/4 cup Shaoxing wine 1/3 cup of sugar 1 tablespoon of cornstarch pinch of salt 1)  combine the salt ingredients and mix and set aside 2) Add the Peanut oil and cook the Korean Chilli Flakes for about 5 minutes 3) Add the garlic , ginger and  sichuan peppercorns and cook for 1 minute 40 Add the sauce and cook until it thickens up , add to an air tight container once cooled and store in a fridge. Kung pao Prawns Enough  Prawns for 4 people 1 Tablespoon of Peanut oil 6 spring onions chopped 1 Pepper chopped Cashew nuts optional 1) Add the Pepper and Spring onions and cook for a few minutes 2) Add the Prawns and cook
Read more