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Russells of Broadway is renowned for its fine dining using local and seasonal ingredients. Indeed, some Warner’s Budgens customers may have recently enjoyed one of our seasonal lunches at the restaurant where you will have enjoyed a delicious three-course meal prepared using produce from our stores.

Now you can recreate a flavour of Russell’s of Broadway in your own home with this scrumptious seasonal dessert that’s easy to prepare yet makes a real statement at the table. Best of all, most ingredients can be found at your local Warner’s Budgens store.

• Warm the perry with chestnut honey, cloves and cinnamon stick.
  
• Heat the above slowly and do not boil
  
• Whisk in the pre soaked gelatine
  
• Pass into a measuring jug using a fine sieve
  
• Pour jelly into four 125ml moulds and chill until set

• Cut each pear in half, then each half into 3 pieces, giving 12 pieces in total.
• Remove any core

Batter
50g Plain Flour
100g Cornflour
Pinch Salt
Pinch Ground Cinnamon
150 – 225 ml Soda Water

• Place flour, cornflour, salt and ground cinnamon in a bowl
• Slowly whisk in the soda water to form a stiff batter
• Dust pear pieces lightly with flour, dip each in batter and deep fry until golden brown
• Drain, keep warm and sprinkle over a little demerara sugar