Pear and ginger Eve’s pudding with brown sugar custard

Pear and ginger Eve’s pudding with brown sugar custard

Pear Eve’s pudding is the perfect pud for chilly autumn evenings. Just add a jug of homemade brown-sugar custard for pudding perfection.

Pear and ginger Eve’s pudding with brown sugar custard

You might also love our individual pear and chocolate crumbles.

  • Serves icon Serves 6-8
  • Time icon Hands-on time 50 min, oven time 1 hour

Pear Eve’s pudding is the perfect pud for chilly autumn evenings. Just add a jug of homemade brown-sugar custard for pudding perfection.

You might also love our individual pear and chocolate crumbles.

Nutrition: per serving

Calories
795kcals
Fat
46g (25.3g saturated)
Protein
10.2g
Carbohydrates
83.7g (66.6g sugars)
Fibre
2.8g
Salt
0.6g

For 8

Ingredients

For the sauce

  • 90g unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing
  • 90g granulated sugar
  • 2 tbsp syrup from a jar of stem ginger
  • 5cm piece fresh ginger
  • 500g (about 4) large conference or comice pears

For the sponge

  • 190g unsalted butter, softened
  • 190g caster sugar, plus extra for sprinkling
  • 3 large free-range eggs
  • 150g self-raising flour
  • 1½ tsp baking powder
  • 1½ tsp ground ginger
  • 6 tbsp syrup from a jar of stem ginger
  • 45g ground almonds
  • 5 pieces stem ginger, finely chopped

For the brown sugar custard

  • 300ml whole milk
  • 100ml double cream
  • 4 large free-range egg yolks
  • 50g light muscovado sugar
  • 2 tsp cornflour

You’ll also need… 

  • 23cm x 25cm (about 2 litre) shallow baking dish
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Method

  1. Heat the oven to 180°C/160°C fan/gas 4. Grease the baking dish.
  2. For the sauce, melt the 90g butter in a medium pan. Add the sugar and ginger syrup, then cook over a medium-high heat, stirring often, until the mixture has turned into a toffee-coloured sauce. Pour over the base of the baking dish.
  3. Finely grate the fresh ginger into a mixing bowl (squeeze the juice from any ungrated fibrous ginger left in your hand into the bowl, then discard the fibres). Peel, quarter and core the pears, then cut each piece across into two. Add them to the bowl with the grated ginger and any juice and toss together, then spoon evenly over the sauce in the baking dish.
  4. For the sponge, beat the butter and sugar in a large bowl using a hand-held electric mixer for about 5 minutes until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, adding a tablespoon of the flour with the second and third egg. Sift over the remaining flour with the baking powder, ground ginger and a pinch of salt, then very gently fold in using a large metal spoon in a figure-of-eight motion. Gently fold in the stem ginger syrup, ground almonds and chopped stem ginger.
  5. Spoon the sponge mixture evenly over the top of the pears and bake for 1 hour, covering the dish loosely with a double thickness of foil halfway through, once the pudding has turned a rich golden colour.
  6. Meanwhile, make the brown sugar custard. Bring the milk and cream to the boil in a small non-stick pan. In a mixing bowl, whisk the egg yolks and sugar together briefly, then whisk in the cornflour. Pour in the hot creamy milk, whisking, then return the mixture to the pan and stir over a low-medium heat for a few minutes until the mixture thickens enough to coat the back of the wooden spoon. Don’t let it boil. Stir in a pinch of salt. Remove from the heat and keep warm.
  7. Remove the pudding from the oven and leave it to sit for 5 minutes, then sprinkle with caster sugar and serve with the warm brown sugar custard.

Nutrition

For 8

Calories
795kcals
Fat
46g (25.3g saturated)
Protein
10.2g
Carbohydrates
83.7g (66.6g sugars)
Fibre
2.8g
Salt
0.6g

delicious. tips

  1. Top with a little extra chopped stem ginger if you like more spice.

  2. Make up to 48 hours in advance and keep in an airtight container.

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  1. What a smashing twist on the usual apple Eve’s pudding. My late mother would have adored this, as she was a great fan of stem ginger. I couldn’t resist the challenge of making the pudding and am so glad I did! Delicious is not a strong enough word! If you haven’t already, please do make this. You won’t regret it!

  2. […] This warming pear & ginger eve’s sponge provides a different take on the iconic pudding, replacing apple with pear as the main ingredient. The aromatic smell of ginger that it exudes as its cooking makes it the perfect dinner party dessert. […]

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