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Cocoa Cinnamon Bread and Butter Pudding with Butterscotch Pears, Chantilly Cream and a Warm Chocolate Sauce

A chocolate twist on an old family friendly classic.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 19 ingredients
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Why it works: Bread and butter match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 27,145 recipes mention both. Both carry delta-decalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4
Prep1 hr
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Butter the bread slices with the 110g/4oz butter, cut them into triangles, and mix the cinnamon with the 20g/1oz cocoa powder. Layer the bread in a buttered baking dish, dusting each layer with the cinnamon cocoa mix.

  2. Whisk the eggs, one portion of the caster sugar, the milk, the 300ml/10fl oz cream and one drop of vanilla. Pour over the bread, let it soak for 20 minutes, then bake for about 40 minutes until set and the centre reaches 160°F (71°C).

  3. For the butterscotch pears, peel, halve and core the pears. Melt the second 100g/3½oz butter with the second portion of caster sugar in a pan until golden, add the pears and cook for 8 to 10 minutes, turning, until tender.

  4. Pour the 100ml/3½fl oz cream into the pan with the pears, stir and simmer for 2 minutes until glossy. Keep warm.

  5. For the Chantilly cream, whip the 200ml/7fl oz cream with the icing sugar and the second drop of vanilla until soft peaks form. Chill until serving.

  6. For the chocolate sauce, whisk the 50g/2oz cocoa powder with the 100ml/3½fl oz water in a small pan until smooth. Simmer gently for 3 minutes, then stir in the 2 tsp double cream and keep warm.

  7. Serve the warm bread and butter pudding with the butterscotch pears, a spoonful of Chantilly cream and the warm chocolate sauce.

By bbcfood. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Bread + buttertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together27,145 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  2. Vanilla + peartop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together334 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  3. Milk + vanillatop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together19,175 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  4. Vanilla + cinnamontop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  5. Butter + milktop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together81,222 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs