Name: Pears with chocolate sauce
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 8 pears; 1 lemon zest removed in strips; 1 orange zest removed in strips; 1 vanilla pod split; 200g golden caster sugar; 1 cinnamon stick; 600ml white wine; vanilla ice cream, to serve; 300g plain chocolate chopped; 300ml double cream; 150ml milk; 25g butter

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Pears with chocolate sauce

Pears with chocolate sauce

John Torode

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Serves 8

Easy

Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 50 mins

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Ingredients

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8 pears
1 lemon

zest removed in strips
1 orange

zest removed in strips
1 vanilla pod

split
200g golden caster sugar
1 cinnamon stick
600ml white wine
vanilla

ice cream, to serve

For the chocolate sauce

300g plain chocolate

chopped
300ml double cream
150ml milk
25g butter

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal602
fat34g
saturates19g
carbs70g
sugars69g
fibre3g
protein4g
salt0.12g

low

Method

step 1

Peel the pears, leaving the stalks intact, then take the core out from the bottom of each by using a small sharp knife or a melon baller. Flatten the bottom by slicing off a little bit so that it will sit upright when served. Put the pears into a saucepan with the zests, vanilla pod, sugar, cinnamon, white wine and 600ml water, then bring to the boil. Lower the heat and poach for about 20-25 mins until they are cooked all the way through, but are not so soft that they will fall apart. Leave to cool in the liquid. Can be made and chilled a day ahead.
step 2

When cool, take the pears out, strain out the cinnamon, zest and vanilla pod (keep the pod, allow it to dry, then pop it into a jar of sugar to make vanilla sugar), then pour the syrup back in the pan. Boil until reduced by half to a thin syrup.
step 3

Meanwhile, to make the sauce, melt the chocolate in a bowl set over a pan of simmering water. Warm the cream, milk and butter in a heavy based pan. Stir this into the melted chocolate, set aside and keep warm. Can be made and chilled a day ahead. If the sauce cools and thickens too much, warm it again gently over a pan of simmering water or for 30 secs in a microwave. Serve the pears with plenty of syrup, chocolate sauce and good-quality vanilla ice cream.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, January 2010

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