Recipe

Pears Poached In Red Wine With Chocolate Sauce Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Mystic_river1 / All my dishes 4 months ago Impress your guests with this elegant yet healthy dessert. Prep:20m Cook:60m Servings:8	Mystic_rive
	michele morris is a chef who has studied in cooking schools around the world and leads private and group cooking classes in boulder colo through her company the kitchen coach

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Ingredients

8 pears (Anjou or Bartlett are best)

4 cups red wine – (about one bottle; a fruity type is best)

1/2 cup sugar

1 tablespoon whole black peppercorns

1 tablespoon orange zest (about 1 orange)

1/4 cup heavy cream

1/4 cup bittersweet chocolate chips

Directions

Peel pears and core from the bottom, leaving stems intact.

Mix red wine, sugar, peppercorns and orange zest in a saucepan just large enough to fit the pears into it, then place pears upright in the poaching liquid.

Bring just barely to a boil, and then reduce to simmer.

Partially cover and simmer until soft, about 1 hour.

Remove from heat and allow pears to cool in the poaching liquid.

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Just before serving, heat cream over medium-high heat in a small saucepan until just barely bubbling around the edges.

Remove from heat and stir in chocolate until completely melted.

To serve, drizzle chocolate sauce on a dessert plate and set a poached pear in the center.

Garnish with mint leaves if desired.

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mystic_river1 4 months ago said:
Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 172 Calories; 5g Fat (25.4% calories from fat); 1g Protein; 32g Carbohydrate; 5g Dietary Fiber; 10mg Cholesterol; 14mg Sodium.