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Pear and Treacle Slice

Name: Pear and Treacle Slice
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 45 min
Ingredients: For the base / bottom:; 60 g Wholesome Seeded Loaf; 60 g All-Purpose Baking Mix; 1 tsp baking powder; 1 tsp ginger, ground; 15 g caster sugar; 60 g butter at room temperature; 1 can pears in syrup, drained and sliced; For the topping:; 225 g golden syrup; 2 tsp ginger; zest and juice of 1 lemon; 90 g Wholesome Seeded Loaf; For the crumbles:; 15 g butter, melted; 1 slice Wholesome Seeded Loaf; 5 tsp Demerara sugar

10 people

65 min

A delicious, warm pear and treacle pudding made with Schär wholesome seeded bread.

Cook

Preparation

in 20 minutes

Cooking

in 45 minutes

Temperature

190 °C

To make the base, using a processor, whizz up the bread, mix it, baking powder, ginger and sugar to a fine crumb. Add in the soft butter to make a stiff dough.
Press firmly into the bottom of the tin.
Arrange the drained and sliced pears on top of the dough.
In a pan, gently warm the golden syrup, add the ginger, lemon zest & juice, then mix in bread crumbs.
Place on top of the pears and smooth the top.
Bake for 35 minutes until the top is golden, mix the butter crumb ingredients together, remove the tin from the oven, sprinkle the top with the crumb, bake for a further 10 minutes.
Serve warm with custard or cream.

Ingredients

For the base / bottom:

Wholesome Seeded Loaf

tsp

baking powder

tsp

ginger, ground

caster sugar

butter at room temperature

can

pears in syrup, drained and sliced

For the topping: