Chocolate puddings with ginger

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180C/gas 4. Grease a shallow 1.5 litre dish with butter, or for individual puddings grease 6 ramekins and place in a roasting tin.

2. Sift the flour, sugar, baking powder and cocoa powder and salt into a large mixing bowl. Stir in the melted chocolate, chopped ginger, milk, melted butter and eggs and combine thoroughly. Pour the mixture into the dish or the prepared ramekins.

3. To make the sauce mix the sugar and cocoa together and sprinkle over the pudding (or puddings). Pour 250ml of boiling water over the mixture.

4. Place in the oven and cook for 20-25 minutes or until risen and just firm to the touch. Leave to cool slightly for 5 minutes, then serve topped with dollops of cold crème fraîche and an extra drizzle of ginger syrup.

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Ingredients

125g self-raising flour
125g caster sugar
1.5 tsp Baking powder
4 tbsp Cocoa powder
pinch Salt
50g good quality chocolate, roughly chopped and melted
2-3 tbsp stem ginger in syrup, drained and chopped (reserve the syrup)
250ml full-fat Milk
75g unsalted Butter, melted
2 Eggs, beaten

For the sauce

175g soft light brown sugar
2 tbsp Cocoa powder

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