Chocolate pear pudding

1 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
¼cupMilk
¾cupFlour, sifted
1poundsPears, 4 or 5 medium, bosc o
1tablespoonSugar
2tablespoonsButter, cut in bits
1tablespoonCocoa, heaping
½teaspoonBaking soda
½teaspoonBaking powder
¾cupSugar, dark brown
2tablespoonsCorn syrup, lyle's golden
1Egg, large beaten
4tablespoonsButter; melted
Whipped or ice cream, for to
¼cupMilk
¾cupFlour, sifted

Directions

Peel, core and slice thin (or cut into chunks) 1 poound of pears, which you arrange on the bottom of a buttered baking dish ( a souffle dish is fine). Sprinkle the pears with sugar, and dot with butter.

Then mix together the flour, the cocoa powder, the baking soda and powder, add the golden corn syrup, the brown sugar, and then the egg, the butter and milk. Beat together into a batter. Pour the batter on top of the pears and bake the pudding for 45 to 50 minutes in a 325 degree oven. It is nice topped with either ice or whipped cream. From Josceline Dimbleby's Book of Puddings, Desserts and Savories.

Gourmet, Sept. 1992, p. 71.