Pear and Chocolate Brioche Pudding
Brioche is a lovely soft roll or loaf made from a yeast dough enriched with eggs and butter, which give it its distinctive colour and flavour.
Ingredients
- butter for greasing
- 10 1/2 oz brioche sliced
- 5 ripe pears peeled and sliced
- 15 floz cream
- 15 floz milk
- 3 1/2 oz chocolate 70 per cent cocoa
- 2 oz unrefined caster sugar plus extra for sprinkling
- 3 eggs
Instructions
- Butter a low-sided ovenproof dish. Arrange the slices of brioche and pear alternately in the dish. Warm the cream and milk in a saucepan over a low heat.
- Break the chocolate into small pieces, add it to the warm milk and cream along with the sugar, and stir until melted. Do not boil.
- Whisk the eggs and mix them into the warm chocolatey milk, then pour the liquid over the brioche and
- pear slices, wetting the entire brioche. Press down with a spatula, and leave to stand for 40 minutes.
- Heat the oven to 160°C/gas 3.
- Sprinkle the pudding with a little extra sugar, and place it in a bain-marie (that is, place the baking dish in a large roasting tin and fill the tin with hot water to come halfway up the pudding dish).
- Place in the oven and cook for 45 minutes until soft and golden.
Calories: 749 kcal
Carbohydrates: 70 g
Protein: 13 g
Fat: 49g
Saturated Fat: 29 g
Trans Fat: 1 g
Cholesterol: 275 mg
Sodium: 322 mg
Potassium: 404 mg
Fiber: 6 g
Sugar: 36 g
Vitamin A: 1788 IU
Vitamin C: 7 mg
Calcium: 190 mg
Iron: 2 mg