Pineapple Chocolate Walnut Pudding

Name: Pineapple Chocolate Walnut Pudding
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 3 oz (75 g) fresh brown or white breadcrumbs; 6 oz (175 g) caster sugar; 3 large eggs (size 1–2), separated; 4 tablespoons (4 x 15 ml spoon) water; 5 oz (150 g) plain chocolate, broken into pieces; 4 tablespoons (4 x 15 ml spoon) strawberry jam; 1 small fresh pineapple; 2 oz (50 g) walnut pieces

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Sweet Dreams

By Josceline Dimbleby

Published 1985

About

The flavours of fresh pineapple (and it must be fresh, as tinned seems to lose that lovely sharpness) and chocolate blend well together. Here, chopped pineapple in its juices has a gooey, nutty, chocolate top, rather like a mixture between a cake and a mousse with a caramelised glaze. It can be served warm or cold.

Ingredients

1 small fresh pineapple
4 tablespoons (4 x 15 ml spoon) strawberry jam

Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven. Using a sharp knife, peel the pineapple and cut it into small pieces, leaving out the tough core in the centre. Put the pieces in a bowl, mix with the jam and then turn on to the bottom of an ovenproof dish (glass looks more intriguing), approximately 10 inches (