Pear, ginger and chocolate cobbler
Prep time: 15 minsTotal time: 
Pear, ginger and chocolate cobbler
Prep time: 15 minsTotal time: 
Sarah Randell
Our former Food Director, and previously food editor to Delia Smith, Sarah has written more than 1000 recipes for the magazine. She is also author of Family Baking and Marmalade; A Bittersweet Cookbook among others.
Sarah Randell
Our former Food Director, and previously food editor to Delia Smith, Sarah has written more than 1000 recipes for the magazine. She is also author of Family Baking and Marmalade; A Bittersweet Cookbook among others.
Ingredients
- 5-6 pears, about 1kg in total
- a generous pinch of ground ginger
- 1 tbsp light brown soft sugar
For the topping:
- 50g plain flour
- 25g ground almonds
- 3 tbsp demerara sugar, plus extra for sprinkling
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 4 tbsp natural yogurt
- 50g butter, melted
- 75-100g dark ginger chocolate (50% cocoa solids), roughly chopped
- 2 tbsp flaked almonds, for sprinkling
Step by step
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Preheat the oven to 180°C, fan 160°C, gas 4. For the cobbler topping, mix together the flour, ground almonds, demerara sugar, baking powder and a pinch of salt. Whisk in the yogurt and melted butter.
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Peel and core the pears, then slice them thickly lengthways. Arrange the slices in a 20-24cm round or square ovenproof dish, toss with the ground ginger, brown sugar and 2 tablespoons of water.
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Stir the chopped chocolate into the cobbler mixture, then dollop evenly over the pears.
TipServe this comforting pudding with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, or make a simple ginger Chantilly cream – see our step-by-step video for the recipe.
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Sprinkle with the flaked almonds and extra demerara sugar. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until lightly golden. Serve warm.
