Nashi Pear Puds

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 2 large nashi pears
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup cold water
• 100 g butter, plus extra for greasing tin
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup self-raising flour
• 1 cup caramel sauce, to serve
• ice cream or cream, to serve

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 180°c (160c fan-forced).
• 2 peel and slice nashi into 4 thick rounds (no need to core).set aside. finely dice remaining nashi.
• 3 put sugar and water into small saucepan and heat til sugar is dissolved and has turned a light caramel color.(about 10 min.).
• 4 grease 4 of the muffin holes.
• 5 pour a little caramel into base of each hole.
• 6 place nashi rounds on top.
• 7 melt butter and set aside.
• 8 beat eggs with vanilla and brown sugar.
• 9 add butter.
• 10 sift in flour and stir well.
• 11 fold in diced nashi.
• 12 divide mix between muffin holes.
• 13 bake for 20-30 minute until set.
• 14 remove from oven and turn puddings out onto plate.serve warm with extra caramel sauce and cream or ice cream.