Chocolate Pear Pudding

Name: Chocolate Pear Pudding
Ingredients: 1 1/4 sticks unsalted butter, softened, plus more, for greasing; 2 (14-ounce) cans pear halves, in juice; 3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour; 1/4 cup cocoa; 1 1/4 cups sugar; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1/4 teaspoon baking soda; 2 eggs; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

9 ingredients

5 steps

Ingredients

1 1/4 sticks unsalted butter, softened, plus more, for greasing
2 (14-ounce) cans pear halves, in juice
3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1/4 cup cocoa
1 1/4 cups sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions

1

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F and grease an 8 1/2-inch square ovenproof dish with butter.
2

Drain the pears and arrange them on the base of the prepared dish.
3

Put all the remaining ingredients in a processor and blitz until you have a batter with a soft dropping consistency.
4

Spread the brown batter over the pears, and bake in the oven for 30 minutes.
5

Let stand for 5 or 10 minutes and then cut into slabs - I cut 2 down and 2 across to make nine slices - and serve with chocolate sauce.