Squidgy Chocolate Pear Pudding
Posted: 14 Jan 2026 06:17
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Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 35 minutes
Serves: 8
No nutritional information available.
Ingredients
- 200g butter, plus extra for greasing
- 300g golden caster sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 75g plain flour
- 50g cocoa powder
- 410g can pears, drained
- 100g plain dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids)
- 25g flaked almonds (optional)
- Cream or ice cream, (optional, to serve)
Method
1. Heat oven to 190°C/Fan 170°C/Gas Mark 5. Lightly grease a roughly 20cm x 30cm shallow ovenproof dish. Put butter in large pan and place over low heat until just melted. Remove from heat and stir in sugar until well combined.
2. Whisk eggs in a bowl. Gradually add to pan, beating well with a wooden spoon in between each addition. Sift flour and cocoa powder into pan, then beat hard with a wooden spoon until thoroughly combined.
3. Pour into prepared dish and nestle pears into batter. Cut chocolate into chunky pieces, roughly 1.5cm square, and scatter over batter. Sprinkle with almonds, if using. Can be frozen at this stage.
4. Bake in the centre of the oven for 30 minutes, or until the pudding is crusty on the surface and lightly cooked inside. Do not allow to overcook, as it will become spongy rather than gooey in the centre. Serve warm with cream or ice cream, if liked.