Name: Chocolate Pears and Granola
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 600 g coconut yoghurt; 200 g Maple Granola; 3 tbsp caster sugar; 2 pears; 225 g caster sugar; 3 tbsp cocoa powder; a pinch of ground cinnamon; 1 star anise

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Brunch with Brother Marcus

By Tasos Gaitanos and Alex Large

Published 2023

About

Poached pear with chocolate sauce is a classic combination so it made absolute sense to add some granola and call it breakfast. We could happily eat this all day long. The syrup leftover from poaching the pears will keep in a jar for up to 10 days and is delicious drizzled over granola too.

Ingredients

For the Poached Pears:

225 g caster sugar
1 star anise
a pinch

Method

Begin with your poached pears. Put the sugar, star anise and cinnamon into a deep pan and add a litre of water. Stir until the sugar is dissolved.

Peel the pears and put them immediately in the syrup, then place a circle of baking parchment on top of the liquid so the pears don’t come into contact with air. Bring to a boil on a high heat, then turn it down and poach the pears for 15 min