Rhubarb and ginger pudding with caramel sauce

Name: Rhubarb and ginger pudding with caramel sauce
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 4 eggs; 100 g (3¼ oz) dark brown sugar; 1 teaspoon treacle; 100 g (3¼ oz) plain flour; 1 teaspoon finely chopped glacé ginger; 300 g (10 oz) rhubarb, trimmed and diced; 200 ml (6½ fl oz) thick (double) cream; 150 g (5 oz) dark brown sugar; 50 g (1¾ oz) unsalted butter; 1 teaspoon treacle (optional); 1 piece of glacé ginger, chopped (optional)

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 20

Appears in

Winter

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1998

About

The sweetness of brown sugar and treacle in this comforting winter pudding is perfectly balanced by the tartness of rhubarb. The quantities of glacé ginger can be adjusted to taste.

Ingredients

4 eggs
100 g (3¼ oz) dark brown sugar

Dessert
Vegetarian
Winter

Method

Preheat the oven to warm 170°C (325°F/Gas 3). Grease a round 20 x 6 cm (8 x 2½ inch) cake tin and line the base with a circle of baking paper. Half-fill a pan with water, bring to the boil, then remove the pan from the heat.
Break the eggs into a heatp