Sweet Chocolate Pears

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 fresh pears
• 2 cups orange juice
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 4 (1 ounce) squares bittersweet chocolate

Recipe

Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins Ready Time: 50 mins


• preheat oven to 300 degrees f (150 degrees c).
• place pears in a small ovenproof pan. mix orange juice with 1/4 cup sugar and pour over pears.
• cook in preheated oven for 30 to 40 minutes; occasionally turn and sprinkle remaining sugar over pears. remove pears from oven when soft and let cool.
• pour orange juice mixture into a medium saucepan and simmer over medium heat until mixture thickens to the consistency of cream; remove from heat.
• in a small saucepan over medium-low heat, melt chocolate. add a few tablespoons of hot milk if the chocolate becomes too thick to stir.
• put each pear in a small bowl. pour the creamy orange sauce over each pear, then drizzle chocolate on top; serve warm.