pear & chocolate fudge pudding with honeycomb crumble
serves 8 | prep 20 mins | cooking 1 hour 30 mins
100g (½ cup) caster sugar 2 whole star anise 1 cinnamon stick ¼ tsp vanilla bean paste 4 beurre bosc pears, peeled, stems in tact, 50g butter, melted, cooled, plus extra, to grease 115g (¾ cup) self-raising flour 100g dark chocolate, finely chopped 35g (⅓ cup) cocoa powder 200g (1 cup, firmly packed) brown sugar 1 egg, lightly whisked 80ml (⅓ cup) milk 310ml (1¼ cups) boiling water Pure icing sugar, to dust (optional) Vanilla ice cream or whipped cream, to serve Honeycomb, crushed, to serve 1 Place the caster sugar, star anise, cinnamon stick and vanilla bean paste in a saucepan. Cover with 1.5L (6 cups) water. Cook, stirring,…
