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Caramelised pears with hot cross buns

Name: Caramelised pears with hot cross buns
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 3 large pears; 40g butter plus extra to butter the buns; 60g caster sugar; 2 /recipes/hot-cross-buns/hot cross buns; Cream or ice cream, to serve

Published: 31 Mar 09
Updated: 18 Mar 24

If you’ve got leftover hot cross buns this Easter (or eat hot cross buns all year round), try them with caramelised pears in this quick pud.

Alternatively, use up extra hot cross buns (and any leftover Easter chocolate) in these yummy hot cross bun brownies.

Easy
April 2009

Test kitchen approved

Serves 4
Ready in 15 min

If you’ve got leftover hot cross buns this Easter (or eat hot cross buns all year round), try them with caramelised pears in this quick pud.

Alternatively, use up extra hot cross buns (and any leftover Easter chocolate) in these yummy hot cross bun brownies.

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Ingredients

3 large pears
40g butter plus extra to butter the buns
60g caster sugar
2 hot cross buns
Cream or ice cream, to serve

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Method

Quarter and core the pears, then slice into wedges.
Heat 40g butter in a pan, add the pear wedges, sprinkle with caster sugar and cook over a medium heat until they start to caramelise. Turn over and cook for a few more minutes, then divide between 4 plates.
Halve 2 hot cross buns, heat another knob of butter in the pan and fry the buns in the pan juices over a medium heat for 2-3 minutes.