Poached pears with chocolate sauce

I promised Tim a pear recipe, here it is Tim. Sorry that it's 9 months late!

Poached pears with chocolate sauce

Servings:	Serves 6
Calories per serving:	453
Ready in:	1 hour, 30 minutes
Prep. time:	30 minutes
Cook time:	1 hour
Difficulty:
Recipe author:	Chef
First published:	7th November 2012

Best recipe review How you doing now Tim 5/5 It's many years ago now; and you living in Buda now. Did you ever make this I wonder? Klapaucius

Ingredients

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• 6 whole pears, peeled and cored, leave the stalk on for presentation
• 750 ml (1 pint) red wine
• 250g (9 0z) caster sugar
• 1 small cinnamon stick
• 1 vanilla pod, split
• 1 small sprig of thyme, washed
• 3 whole star anise
• 1/2 a teaspoon of freshly grated nutmeg

chocolate sauce

• 75 g (2.5 oz) Green & Blacks Organic Chocolate, cut into pieces
• 75 g (2.5 oz) warm butter
• 75 g (2.5 oz) double cream
• 75 g (2.5 oz) cocoa powder
• 75 g (2.5 oz) water
• 75 g (2.5 oz) jaggery, muscovado sugar or caster sugar

Method

poaching the pears

1. Add the wine, sugar, spices and herbs to a large pan and bring to the boil
2. Reduce to a simmer and site the pears in the poaching liquid. Turn them regularly if they are not completely covered.
3. After 30 minutes, remove the pears and set to one side.
4. Bring the liquor back to the boil and reduce to a syrup.

chocolate sauce

1. Add the butter, cream, sugar, cocoa powder, chocolate and water to a pan over a low heat and mix until well combined.
2. Heat for another 5 minutes until thickened a little.

Serving suggestions

Serve drizzled with chocolate sauce and garnish with mint leaves

Recipe source

• Based on : http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/poachedpears_90487

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