All Home-Made Chocolate and Pear Genoise, for the Best Bakers

Name: All Home-Made Chocolate and Pear Genoise, for the Best Bakers
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 4 h 50 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 150 g (5½ oz) dark chocolate, grated; 5 tablespoons very strong espresso coffee; 4 egg yolks; 4 tablespoons caster (superfine) sugar; 150 ml (5 fl oz) marsala (sweet Italian wine); 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) mascarpone cheese; 6 eggs; 225 g (8 oz) caster (superfine) sugar; 6 firm pears; 1 vanilla bean, halved lengthways; 225 g (8 oz) unsalted butter; 200 g (7 oz) dark chocolate

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
5 hr

Appears in

100 Desserts to Die For

By Trish Deseine

Published 2016

About

A labour of love, so take your time …

Ingredients

For the chocolate genoise:

200 g (7 oz) dark chocolate
225 g (8<

Europe
France
Dessert
Gluten-free
Vegetarian
Cake
Mediterranean
Microwave

Method

MAKE THE GENOISE. Break the chocolate into pieces and dice the butter. Melt them in a microwave or double boiler. Stir until the mixture is smooth, then let it cool.

PREHEAT THE OVEN TO 150°C (300°F/GAS 2). Butter a spring-form c