Chef’s Table: Baking hot for the bank holiday
This week, pastry chef and author Edward Hayden shares indulgent baking recipes for you to enjoy this bank holiday weekend
Baked chocolate pudding with pears
Ingredients, serves 6
This is a sinfully decadent version of pears Belle Helene with a baked chocolate pudding base
Ingredients
For the pudding
175g butter, softened
175g sugar
3 large eggs
175g self-raising flour
25g cocoa powder
For the pears
6 baby pears
50g caster sugar
1 pint cold water
For the chocolate sauce
225ml pouring cream
110g dark chocolate, chopped
1 measure of Baileys, optional
Method
1. Preheat the ...