Poached pears with chocolate sauce

Name: Poached pears with chocolate sauce
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: Makes 4 servings
Ingredients: ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder, such as Valrhona or Hershey’s; ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder, such as Valrhona or Hershey’s; ½ cup heavy cream; 4 pears (about 6 ounces each), preferably Anjou; 3¼ cups sugar; 2 vanilla beans; ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder, such as Valrhona or Hershey’s; 4 pears (about 6 ounces each), preferably Anjou

Preparation info

Makes
4
servings

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
20 min

Appears in

Simple to Spectacular

By Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Mark Bittman

Published 2000

About

Here are poached pears teamed with a fast, fudgy, not-too-sweet chocolate sauce.

Ingredients

4 pears (about 6 ounces each), preferably Anjou
3¼ cups sugar</

Dessert
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Peel and core the pears. Combine 2½ cups of the sugar and 5 cups water in a saucepan large enough to hold the pears. Split the vanilla beans the long way and scrape out the seeds; add both seeds and pods to the water. Turn the heat to medium-high and bring to a boil.
Add the pears and adjust the heat so that the mixture bubbles, but not too vigorously. Cook for