Poached Pears With Chocolate-pear Sauce

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 cup pear nectar
• 1 cup dry wine
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 4 pears, slightly under-ripe, peeled, halved, cored
• 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped (not unsweetened or semi-sweet)

Recipe

• 1 stir pear nectar, wine and sugar in a heavy large saucepan over med.high heat until sugar dissolves and syrup comes to a boil.
• 2 add pears to syrup in saucepan.cover pan, reduce heat to med.- low, and simmer until pears are tender, about 8 minutes.
• 3 using slotted spoon transfer pears to plate.
• 4 increase heat to med.- high and boil poaching liquid until reduced to 3/4 cup, about 8 minutes. remove pan from heat.
• 5 add chocolate; whisk until chocolate melts and sauce is smooth.
• 6 place 1 warm pear half on each plate. top with warm chocolate sauce. or, cover pears and chocolate sauce separately and refrigerate up to 2 days; then serve pears cold with sauce, rewarming sauce, if desired.