Pear and Walnut Recipe
Ingredients
| 3 tablespoons demerara sugar | ||
| 2 x 440 g / 14 oz canned pear halves, drained and 250 ml / 8 fl oz syrup reserved | ||
| 8 red glace cherries, halved | ||
| 250 g / 8 oz butter, softened | ||
| Eggs | 4 standard | |
| 250 g / 8 oz self-raising flour | ||
| 220 g / 7 oz caster sugar | ||
| 125 g / 4 oz chopped walnuts | ||
| Maple syrup | 3 Tablespoon | |
Directions
GETTING READY
1) In your food process, add butter, eggs, flour and caster sugar to process smoothly. Stir in walnuts to the mixture.
MAKING
2) Take a round cake tin with 23 cm / 9 inches depth. Grease with oil or butter and line with baking paper. Sprinkle the base with demerara sugar.
3) Place pears and cherries over base in a nice way.
4) Pour the egg mixture on top of pears and cherries.
5) Set your oven at 180°C /350°F / Gas 4 and place cake tin inside the oven.
6) Bake for 1-1 1/4 hours or until the cake is well baked by testing with a skewer.
FINALIZING
7) In a small saucepan, pour maple syrup and reserved pear juice. Allow it to boil over medium heat until it reduces to half.
SERVING
8) Take a serving plate to turn over pudding. Drizzle the syrup on pudding. Serve hot or warm with toppings of cream or ice cream.
1) In your food process, add butter, eggs, flour and caster sugar to process smoothly. Stir in walnuts to the mixture.
MAKING
2) Take a round cake tin with 23 cm / 9 inches depth. Grease with oil or butter and line with baking paper. Sprinkle the base with demerara sugar.
3) Place pears and cherries over base in a nice way.
4) Pour the egg mixture on top of pears and cherries.
5) Set your oven at 180°C /350°F / Gas 4 and place cake tin inside the oven.
6) Bake for 1-1 1/4 hours or until the cake is well baked by testing with a skewer.
FINALIZING
7) In a small saucepan, pour maple syrup and reserved pear juice. Allow it to boil over medium heat until it reduces to half.
SERVING
8) Take a serving plate to turn over pudding. Drizzle the syrup on pudding. Serve hot or warm with toppings of cream or ice cream.
Chef
