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    Home » Cake » Poached Pear and Almond Pudding

    Poached Pear and Almond Pudding

    November 15, 2020 by Catherine Zhang 8 Comments

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    Warm vanilla cinnamon poached pears baked in a smooth almond custard and topped with a delicious butterscotch sauce

    Continuing with fall dessert recipes I thought I’d share something a little warm and comforting. This tastes like a nice warm hug, especially if you top it with some butterscotch sauce straight from the oven. Delicious!

    I always love using fresh produce and pears are perfect during this season. In all honestly a poached pear served with a side of cream is already the perfect sweet treat, but combining that with a sweet baked custard takes it to another level. The baked custard has a pudding-like texture with a golden cake-like crust, and when paired with the soft poached pear it gives you a dessert full of different textures!

    I used pre-made butterscotch sauce to top these, but it’s super easy to make your own as well. The butterscotch sauce recipe I have for my sticky date puddings is a dream and it pairs perfectly with this so if you don’t have anything on hand that sauce is quick and easy to whip up.

    The pre-made sauce that I used is from Barkers, a New Zealand company that creates the most amazing jams and curds. They just released a new range of dessert sauces and sent some for me to try so I thought why not use it since I have them! They are sweet, delicious and everything you need from a sauce to finish off your desserts.

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    On another note I wanted to ask you guys how you’re enjoying my recipes?! I’ve recently been on a improvement streak and wanted to create a better blog experience for all of you! At the moment I’ve been sharing a new recipe every Sunday, but hopefully from now on I can share two recipes a week. Of course that will be more brainstorming of dessert ideas and a lot more recipe ideas, so if you have any suggestions feel free to comment below or send me a message!

    Thank you as always for enjoying my recipes, this week I reached 50K on Instagram and it was a milestone that I never thought I would achieve. Of course goals are meant to be reached so let’s head to 100K! Can’t wait to share more and more delicious recipes. If you do make this recipe make sure to tag me on instagram @catherine.justdessertsau and hashtag #cattycakes so I can see and share your recreations. Until next time happy baking!

    Butterscotch sauce Poached Pear Almond
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    Poached Pear and Almond Pudding

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    Warm cinnamon vanilla poached pears baked in a smooth and creamy almond custard, topped with a delicious butterscotch sauce. The perfect warm dessert for fall and the colder seasons.

    • Prep Time: 15 minutes
    • Cook Time: 75 minutes
    • Total Time: 90 minutes
    • Yield: 3 1x

    Ingredients

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    Poached Pears

    • 3 Small Corella pears
    • 1 tsp Cinnamon
    • 1 tsp Vanilla bean paste
    • 500 g Water
    • 250 g Sugar

    Pudding

    • 50 g Sugar
    • 15 g Flour
    • 1 Egg
    • 15 g Unsalted butter
    • 80 g Milk
    • 1 drop Almond extract
    • Sliced almonds, to decorate

    Instructions

    Poached pears

    1. In a small saucepan combine the sugar, water, cinnamon and vanilla
    2. Bring to a boil and heat until sugar dissolves
    3. Add the peeled pears and cover with lid**
    4. Poach for [cooked-timer minutes=”60″]60 Minutes[/cooked-timer] or until the pears are soft
    5. Remove from heat and let cool

    Pudding

    1. Preheat oven to 180°C/ 350°F
    2. In a medium sized bowl combine the sugar and flour
    3. In another bowl combine the egg, milk, butter and almond extract
    4. Whisk the wet ingredients into the dry
    5. Prepare three large ramekins
    6. Fill ramekins half way with the batter and place a poached pear in the centre of each
    7. Sprinkle with sliced almonds
    8. Bake for [cooked-timer minutes=”25″]25 Minutes[/cooked-timer] minutes, or until the pudding has just set
    9. (Optional) Serve with butterscotch sauce! Simply head to my sticky date pudding recipe and ¼ the butterscotch recipe

    Notes

    *Any small and firm pear will work

    **Ensure there is enough water to submerge the pears

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    Share a photo, tag me @catherine.justdessertsau and hashtag #cattycakes

    I cannot wait to see what you make!

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    Comments

    1. Belkis 💕

      November 15, 2020 at 4:01 pm

      Looks soooo delicious!! I’ll definitely try this recipe.

      Reply
      • Catherine Zhang

        November 17, 2020 at 1:42 am

        Hi Belkis,
        Thank you! Hope you like the recipe 🙂

        Reply
    2. KStep

      November 15, 2020 at 5:09 pm

      Catherine!!!

      I’m sorry it’s been so long. Looks like you have been very busy! Congrats on 50k!!! I’m sure you will meet and exceed your next goal of 100k and beyond! You’re awesome and your recipes are “spot on!” I’ve never heard of or tried a poached pair but this looks incredible and who could pass up the nice warm hug flavor?🤭 Definitely going to make a list and head to the grocery store right now, so I can give this a try! Thanks again for sharing all your hard work and your heart with all of us! We look forward to many more of your recipes! Stay safe and keep smiling!!

      And as always,

      Kindest regards!

      KStep

      Reply
      • Catherine Zhang

        November 17, 2020 at 1:44 am

        Hi KStep,
        Can't wait to heat how the pudding turned out, I'm always happy to share my recipes!! Hope you have been staying well and thank you for stopping by again 🙂

        Catherine

        Reply
    3. Doro Meier

      November 15, 2020 at 10:51 pm

      This looks extremely tasty. Will definitely try that. If you ever stumble across the perfect recipe for a lemon poppyseed poundcake that is moist and tangy I would be very interested...

      Reply
      • Catherine Zhang

        November 17, 2020 at 1:45 am

        Hi Doro,
        Hope it goes well! I love a good lemon cake... will definitely keep it in mind!

        Reply
    4. Aleeya

      November 16, 2020 at 4:31 am

      Hi Catherine!

      I haven't checked on your website for so long because of school. I started looking on missed out videos and recipes and I haven't seen much videos. I am very happy that you are posting more recipes! Like always your desserts are so impressive and the presentation is amazing.

      Stay safe!

      Reply
      • Catherine Zhang

        November 17, 2020 at 1:46 am

        Hi Aleeya,
        Yes I've been so busy with work I haven't had a chance to make more videos. Will definitely be working on those more now. So glad you enjoy my desserts and hope school is going well with you! 🙂

        Reply

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