Caramel, pear and apple self saucing pudding
These sweet pear and apple puddings draped with caramel sauce make an uplifting dessert for the whole family – especially on a cool autumn or winter night.
Ingredients
Caramel sauce
- ½ cup firmly packed brown sugar
- ¾ cup boiling water
- 50 grams butter, chopped
Puddings
- 425 grams pear slices in natural juice, drained
- 4 sweet apples, sliced into small pieces
- ¾ cup self-raising flour
- ⅓ cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 20 grams butter, melted
- ⅓ cup milk
- icing sugar, for decorating
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to moderate (180°C / 160°C fan-forced). Grease four shallow ovenproof dishes (1 1/4cup / 300ml capacity). Place dishes on an oven tray.
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Divide pear slices among dishes.
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Combine flour, sugar, butter and milk in a small bowl; mix well. Spread the mixture evenly over pear slices in dishes. Sprinkle batter with pecans.
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To make caramel sauce, combine all the ingredients in a medium heatproof jug; stir until sugar is dissolved and butter melted.
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Dust lightly with sifted icing sugar, serve immediately with cream or ice-cream, if desired.
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Pour caramel sauce slowly over the back of a spoon over mixture in dishes. Bake in a moderate oven for about 25 minutes or until firm.
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Pudding tipped out from ramekins with ice cream.
