Italian Baked Pears

Name: Italian Baked Pears
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 4 firm, underripe pears (try to get Anjous or Winter Nellis); 4 teaspoons granulated sugar; ¼ teaspoon grated lemon zest; ¼ cup semisweet chocolate bits; ½ pint whipping cream; 1 cup dry Marsala; ½ teaspoon vanilla extract

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Clay-Pot Cookbook

By Georgia Sales

Published 1974

About

The mixture of pears and dark chocolate may sound odd at first, but this "easy-to-make" recipe makes a marvelous dessert.

Ingredients

4 firm, underripe pears (try to get Anjous or Winter Nellis)
4 teaspoons granulated sugar
¼

Dessert
Gluten-free
Vegetarian
Baking

Method

Presoak a clay pot, top and bottom, in water for 10 minutes.

Core the pears without breaking through the bottoms. Put 1 teaspoon sugar in each pear cavity, top with some chocolate bits, and sprinkle with lemon zest. Place the pears in the presoaked pot and pour the Marsala into the pear cavit