Georgina Hayden’s Recipe For Pear, Sticky Ginger And Pecan Pudding

While our Christmas Day meal doesn’t deviate excessively overmuch from tradition, I do research pinch nan dessert. My family, barroom 1 sweet-toothed aunt, avoids dried fruit-based offerings, truthful classical Christmas cakes and puddings are a difficult no. Over nan years, I person tried variations connected yule logs, pavlovas and sherry trifles, but nan biggest crowdpleaser is easy sticky toffee pudding (or thing on those lines). This year, I’m making this warming, elemental but decadent pear, sticky ginger and pecan pudding, which feels festive and fancy, and tin happily make an quality whenever.

Pear, sticky ginger and pecan pudding

This tin beryllium made nan time earlier and reheated earlier serving. Feel free to service it pinch your favourite brandy food aliases pick for maximum festiveness.

Prep 10 min
Cook 1 hr
Serves 8-10

2 pears (about 275g)
185g room-temperature unsalted butter
375g ray muscovado sugar
3 ample eggs
2 tbsp honey
225g self-raising flour
75g crushed almonds
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp mixed spice
½ tsp good oversea salt
150ml full milk
4 balls stem ginger, finely chopped
50g pecans, astir chopped
300ml double cream
1 tsp vanilla extract
Flaky oversea salt (optional)
Creme fraiche aliases vanilla ice-cream, to serve

Heat nan oven to 180C (160C fan)/350F/gas 4 and grease a 30cm x 20cm roasting tin. Peel nan pears, trim them into quarters, and region and discard nan cores. Finely chop nan consequence into 1cm pieces.

In a ample vessel aliases free-standing mixer, hit 110g food pinch 200g sweetener for 2 minutes, until ray and creamy, past hit successful nan eggs and honey.

In a 2nd bowl, operation nan self-raising flour, crushed almonds, baking powder, mixed herb and good oversea salt, past fold this and nan beverage into nan food mix. Fold successful nan chopped pears and stem ginger, past move into nan greased tin. Scatter nan pecans complete nan top, past cook for 40-45 minutes, aliases until a skewer inserted comes retired clean. Remove and time off to cool slightly.

Meanwhile, put nan remaining 75g food successful a mini saucepan pinch nan remaining 175g sugar, nan double pick and vanilla. Bring to a boil complete a mean heat, time off to simmer for a fewer minutes, past return disconnected nan power and operation successful a pinch of flaky oversea salt, if you like.

I for illustration to service squares of nan lukewarm barroom drenched successful nan basking caramel condiment pinch a spoonful of thing acold and creamy to trim through, ideally creme fraiche aliases a bully vanilla ice-cream.