Almond Pear Pudding
Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 45 minutes for a large pudding, 25 minutes for individual ones
Serves: 6- 8 people
Can be made in advance, will freeze
This parev Pesach dessert uses store cupboard ingredients and is easy to serve when preparing for larger numbers particularly at Seder.
Pears are a naturally versatile food. Eaten simply as fresh fruit or as a salad they are flavoursome, textured and healthy. Their perfumed flavour blends so well when cooked with other ingredients such as coconut, wine and in my bake - almonds.
Ingredients
- 5 firm pears – peeled, cored and cut into 2 cm thick slices
- 1 tablespoon Rakusen’s margarine
- 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
- 1 tablespoons ground cinnamon
For the almond mixture
- 150g Rakusen’s margarine
- 150g caster sugar
- 150g ground almonds
- 2 tablespoons vanilla sugar
- 6 eggs
- 3 tablespoons Rakusen’s potato flour
Topping
- 6 tablespoons split almonds
Method
- Pre-heat the oven to 375°C /190°F / Gas mark 5.
- Grease a 34 cm x 24 cm (14½ inches x 9½ inches) and 4 cm (2 inches) deep pie or casserole dish with margarine or 6 individual ramekins.
- Mixed the sliced pears with the brown sugar, and cinnamon and put into the dish.
- Place all the almond mixture ingredients in a food mixer and whiz together until creamy. This will take about 3 minutes.
- Spread over the pears and level with a spoon. Sprinkle with the split almonds.
- Bake for 45 minutes or until golden brown.
Garnish: Serve with non-dairy ice-cream or sorbet.
Rakusen’s Products:
Rakusen’s Tomor Margarine
Rakusen’s Potato Flour
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