The name game
BBC Good Food daily recipe to collect This hot, gooey choccy pud, with dark chocolate and canned pears, can be made ahead and frozen – a perfect no-fuss dinner party dessert
Hidden in the grid is the name of a Charles Dickens character. Answer the questions, then rearrange the letters corresponding to your answers to fill in the name.
BOX1: In which city was the first cricket Test match played? Sydney (F)
Melbourne (Y) Brisbane (A)
BOX2: What is the hobby of a campanologist? Tightrope-walking (P) Train-spotting (K) Bell-ringing (E)
BOX3: Who did the Athenians defeat at the Battle of Marathon in 490BC? Persians (A)
Romans (M)
Trojans (S)
BOX4: On which talent show were
Lenny Henry, Victoria Wood and Jim Davidson all discovered? Opportunity Knocks (D) Search for a Star (O)
New Faces (R)
BOX5: How many white stars are there on the
Australian flag?
6 (J)
10 (T)
12 (H)
BOX6: What type of animal is a prairie dog? Hyena (L)
Bat (W)
Squirrel (O)
BOX7: Sterling K Brown (pictured) plays a leading role in which US TV series? This is Us (G)
The Good Place (N)
The Walking Dead (U) BOX8: In which country is
Marrakesh?
India (I)
Morocco (G)
Egypt (B)
BOX9: What name is given to a liquid right before it turns to wine?
Must (E)
Mead (P)
Maize (V)
200g butter, plus extra for greasing
300g golden caster sugar
4 large eggs
75g plain flour
50g cocoa powder
410g can pear halves in juice, drained
100g plain dark chocolate
(70% cocoa solids)
25g flaked almonds
(optional) cream or ice cream, to serve
1
Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/ gas 5. Lightly grease a roughly
20 x 30cm shallow ovenproof dish. Put the butter in a large saucepan and place over a low heat until just melted. Remove the butter from the heat and stir in the sugar until well combined.
2
Whisk the eggs together in a large bowl. Gradually add the eggs to the butter and sugar, beating well with a wooden spoon in between each addition. Sift the flour and cocoa powder on top of the egg mixture, then beat hard with a wooden spoon until thoroughly combined.
3
Pour into the prepared tin or dish and nestle the pears into the chocolate batter. Put the chocolate on a board and cut into chunky pieces roughly 1.5cm with a large knife. Scatter the chocolate pieces over the batter and sprinkle with almonds, if you like. Can be frozen at this stage.
4
Bake in the centre of the oven for 30 mins or until the mixture is crusty on the surface and lightly cooked inside. Do not allow to overcook, as the cake will become spongy rather than gooey in the centre. Serve warm with cream or ice cream.
1. Istanbul
2. Paleolithic
3. 30
4. False, it’s 2024
5. Manchester United
PREP: 20 MINS COOK:35 MINS
SERVES 8
CHRIS WILDER insists his row with Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp is over.
The pair had an explosive verbal clash in November branding each other “selfish” in an argument over how many substitutes should be allowed in Premier League games.
Sheffield United manager Wilder claimed that moving to five subs per game only benefited the big guns, and they exchanged barbs during TV interviews at the time.
Wilder gave the German a bottle of champagne in recognition of Liverpool’s title win last season when their sides met at Anfield in October (shaking hands with Klopp, right), and insists he holds no grudges.
He said: “The relationship is absolutely fine. I have nothing but admiration for Jurgen. He is a top-class manager, that is what happens. People talk the talk and things get said.
“If I was precious about what people said right the way through, I wouldn’t be in this job. If I had taken to heart what people had said on my way through as a manager I wouldn’t be sat here. The same for the manager of Liverpool. He is an incredibly talented manager. He is a winner.
“Heat of the moment or whatever, if it was personal I didn’t take it personal. I have moved on.”
Wilder insists his doomed Blades side will not feel sorry for themselves during the 13-game run-in, despite a survival battle that looks almost impossible.
He said: “We are not soft and it is a tough life for everyone and things go against you in personal life, and at work.
“It has not been a great year for everyone. No one is thinking this is a great year for the world. For us, it isn’t from a football stance. We are tough people and tough times don’t last forever. You come through it.
“Players have to dig deep, like I have to, through this period. We will learn and come out of it.
“There are businesses going bust, people losing jobs, boozers going bust, people’s mental health is suffering. You come through it using experience.”