Pears with Chilli Chocolate Sauce
Preparation time - 10 minutes
Cooking time - 1½ hours
Serves - 8
Ingredients
Pears (slightly under ripe)
8
Sugar
1 cup
Water enough to cover pears
Sweet sherry
1 cup
Orange liqueur
¼ cup
Brandy
¼ cup
MASTERFOODS Cinnamon Quills
4
Peel of one orange cut into strips
1
Chocolate, roughly chopped
400g
Water
½ cup
MASTERFOODS Freshly Chopped Chilli
¼ teaspoon
Pear liquid or rum (optional)
1-2 teaspoons
Method
- Peel pears, leaving stalks on.
- Combine sugar, water to cover pears, sherry, orange peel and MASTERFOODS Cinnamon Quills in large saucepan. When sugar dissolves, add pears.
- Cover and cook over gentle heat until tender. This usually takes about 1½ hours (the longer the pears are left to simmer, the nicer they are)
- Turn pears frequently while simmering. When tender (glazed and transparent in appearance) remove pears and leave to cool
- Keep chilled. The pears should keep for one week
- When serving add brandy and liqueur to pear liquid then coat with chocolate sauce
To make Chocolate Sauce:
- Place Chocolate in saucepan with water and MASTERFOODS Freshly Chopped Chilli.
- Stir over low heat until chocolate has melted and sauce is smooth.
- Remove from heat and add pear liquid or Rum.
- Leave to cool.
- Pour over pears.