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Ingredients
for
4
Chocolate Pears with Wine Syrup
30 min., ready in 45 min.
Time:
618
calories
Calories:
Health Score:
42 / 100
Ingredientsfor
- Ingredients
- 4 large, firm Pear (peeled)
- 1 lemon (juice)
- 3 ½ ozs plain Dark chocolate (60 % cocoa solids)
- 3 ½ ozs good quality white chocolate
- bay leaves
- For the syrup
- ⅜ cup dry white wine
- 3 Tbsps sugar
- 1 cup chopped Candied fruit
- 2 Tbsps butter
Preparation
1.
Heat the oven to 375°F. Line a baking tray with non-stick baking paper.
2.
Leave the stalks on the pears, level off the bases and drizzle with lemon juice.
3.
Place the pears on a the baking tray and bake for about 15 minutes, until tender. Remove from the oven and leave to cool.
4.
Melt the chocolate in separate heatproof bowls over a pan of simmering (not boiling) water.
5.
Dip 2 pears into the plain chocolate and 2 pears into the white chocolate.
6.
Attach the bay leaves to the stalks and leave to set on non-stick baking paper.
7.
For the syrup: heat the wine and sugar in a pan until the sugar has dissolved. Bring to a boil and simmer until the liquid has a syrupy consistency. Add the candied peel and butter and leave to cool.
8.
Arrange the pears on a serving plate and drizzle a little of the syrup around the pears.
Nutritional values
1 serving contains
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
Calorie | 618 cal. | (29 %) | ||
Protein | 4 g | (4 %) | ||
Fat | 22 g | (19 %) | ||
Carbohydrates | 98 g | (65 %) | ||
Sugar added | 72 g | (288 %) | ||
Roughage | 7.2 g | (24 %) |
Healthy, because
Healthy, because
These chocolate pears are a good source of nutrients like vitamin C and potassium.
Even smarter
Even smarter
If you don't like the taste of alcohol, you can omit the red wine sauce.