Sticky pear pudding with caramel sauce
March 22nd, 2009 | Written by jfolkmann | Topic: DessertThis pudding is a perfect winter warmer, all gooey and delicious. The only problem is that this is the first day of spring and I shouldn’t be eating winter dishes for another 8 months. A fresh foot of new snow has eliminated my hope of an early spring and has forced us back to winter fare. If the white stuff doesn’t stop falling soon, I’m just going to give up and start spring early anyway. If it’s cold outside, you’ll love this dish…but be prepared to unbutton those jeans. Taken from a Waitrose recipe card.
- Preparation time
- 15m
- Cooking time
- 45m
- Difficulty
- 2
- Serves
- 6
- 4 large ripe pears, peeled, cored and sliced
- 125g plain flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 125g caster sugar
- 200ml milk
- 75g butter, melted
- 1 medium egg, beaten
- 150g light brown sugar
- 4 tablespoons golden syrup
Preheat the oven to 180C/350F. Arrange the pear slices in the base of a buttered 9 by 13 inch dish.
Sift the flour and baking powder together into a bowl and add the caster sugar, milk, butter and egg. Whisk together for a few minutes until pale in colour, then pour over pears.
To make the caramel sauce, place the brown sugar and syrup into a small pan and add 250ml cold water. Cook over a moderate heat, stirring until the sugar has dissolved. Without stiring, allow to reach boiling point, then remove it from the heat.
Carefully pour the sauce over the pudding, then bake for 35-40 minutes until the sponge is golden (we left it in an extra 5 minutes). Allow to stand for 5 minutes before serving with cream or vanilla ice cream.
Comment by adam on the March 22nd, 2009 at 11:55 pm
Looks tasty… Especially after eating BBQ and tacos for 6 days straight.
Comment by KJ on the March 23rd, 2009 at 3:16 am
This looks so scrumptious. You can’t beat a good dose of caramel sauce.
Comment by Marta on the March 23rd, 2009 at 10:34 am
I’m with you, seeing all this spring food in other blogs makes me want to cry. I’m craving hot cocoa and thick, rich stew! Spring, hurry up!