This fabulous bread and butter pudding is made with brioche or Italian Panettone with dark chocolate chips and South African pears for a delicious twist. It is South African apple and pear season at the moment, so this is a lovely seasonal dish, as long as you get the right pears. Plus, chocolate and pear are a match made in heaven.
The pears to look out for are:
- Forelle – Oblong or bell-shaped with a distinctive pink blush, it has a sweet and juicy flavour
- Williams – Yellow skin when ripe, with a fragrant, sweet and juicy taste
- Packhams – Often unevenly shaped, green-yellow when ripe with a soft textured flesh
Chocolate Pear Pudding
Preparation: 20 minutes (plus 30 minutes soaking)
Cooking time: 35 minutes
Serves 6
Ingredients:
- 50g butter, softened
- 5 slices brioche or Panettone (weighing about 250g in total)
- 2 South African pears, peeled, cored and sliced
- 50g dark chocolate, chopped into chunks (or use dark chocolate chips)
- 2 large eggs
- 250ml semi-skimmed milk
- 150ml single cream
- 30g caster sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Chocolate sauce:
- 2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 tbsp cornflour
- 2 tbsp caster sugar
- 50g dark chocolate drops
- 300ml semi-skimmed milk
What To Do:
- Use a small knob of the butter to grease a 1.5 litre baking dish. Spread the remaining butter over the slices of brioche or Panettone. Cut into smaller pieces, then arrange in the dish with the pears. Sprinkle the chocolate chunks over the top.
- Beat together the eggs, milk, single cream, caster sugar and vanilla extract. Leave for a few minutes so that the sugar dissolves, then slowly pour into the dish.
- Cover the dish with cling film and leave to stand for at least 30 minutes. If you want to cook the pudding later, refrigerate until required.
- Preheat the oven to 180°C/Fan 160°C/Gas Mark 4. Bake the pudding for 30-35 minutes until puffed up and golden brown. Cool for a few minutes while making the sauce.
- Put all the ingredients for the chocolate sauce into a non-stick saucepan. Heat, stirring constantly with a small whisk until smooth and thickened. Serve with the pudding.
Cook’s tip: Serve with single cream or crème fraiche instead of chocolate sauce.
It would be great to hear if you give this a go! It could be an easy one to whip up using chunks of Easter egg too!
*recipe in partnership with South African Fruit.
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You have all the right ingredients for a very splendid pudding! It sounds delicious, and perfect for pears at this time of year. I think I would need custard with mine.
Ooh yes custard sounds lovely!
O my, this sounds so lovely! Fruit and chocolate, I am sold!
Hope you get a chance to try it!
Oh yes I am sold on that. Pear and chocolate is a great combination and I am always a sucker for bread and butter pudding, especially hot with some cream. Mich x
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Cream sounds yummy yes!
Oh this pudding looks SO delicious! I’ve never actually tried baking with pears, but I do love fruit & chocolate! Yum!
Give this recipe a go! You’ll love the pears!
Oh my this sounds delicious, my mum would absolutely love this so it’s a must make. Thankyou so much for this, you’re going to make a muma very hungry lol
What a yummy looking pudding, I have not made a pudding in years and this one would be nice to give a try.
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OMG need to try this as I like to bake something different every week for my other half!
I have never had anything with both pear and chocolate and think this could be a unique and tasty combination.
Oh my, this looks amazing. The perfect pudding for a cold and rainy day like today