This is a quick and comforting dessert that will fast become a favourite!

We’ve never met a chocolate and pear lover who didn’t love it.

We’ve used brown pears because they hold their shape well when cooked and they don’t release as much juice as other pears.

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Serves 6-7

Ingredients

5 brown pears, peeled, cored and cut into 6 pieces
30g cocoa powder
125g plain flour
125g white sugar
1 heaped tsp baking powder
150g very soft butter, plus extra to grease tin
2 large eggs
2 tbsp milk
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 tbsp icing sugar
Creamy Chocolate Gelato, to serve

Method

Preheat oven to 190°C

Place cocoa, flour, sugar, baking powder, butter, eggs, milk and vanilla extract in a bowl, and beat with an electric mixed until well combined. It will be a fairly thick batter.

Grease a 23cm square cake tin and lay cut pears in the base.

Spread the chocolate batter over the top and bake for 25 -30 mins, depending on how cooked your like your pudding.

Remove from oven and all to cool slightly.

Using a small sieve, sieve the icing sugar over the top of the pudding and serve with chocolate gelato.