Poached Pears with Chocolate

Name: Poached Pears with Chocolate (Gruszki w czekoladzie)
Cuisine: Polish
Ingredients: 4 firm dessert pears, peeled; 250 g/9 oz/1¼ cups caster (superfine) sugar; 600 ml/1 pint/2½ cups water; 500 ml/17 fl oz/2¼ cups vanilla ice cream; 250 g/9 oz good quality dark (bittersweet) chocolate (minimum 70 per cent cocoa solids); 250 g/9 oz good quality dark (bittersweet) chocolate (minimum 70 per cent cocoa solids); 40 g/1½ oz unsalted (sweet) butter; 5 ml/1 tsp vanilla extract; 75 ml/5 tbsp double (heavy) cream

Gruszki w czekoladzie

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Food and Cooking of Poland

By Ewa Michalik

Published 2008

About

Many types of pear are grown in Poland, and they are either simply eaten raw or gently poached and served with a rich chocolate sauce, as in this recipe.

Ingredients

4 firm dessert pears, peeled
250 g/9 oz/1¼ cups

Europe
Poland
Dessert
Vegetarian
Gluten-free
Eastern Europe

Method

Cut the pears in half lengthways and remove the core. Place the sugar and water in a large pan and gently heat until the sugar has dissolved completely.
Add the pear halves to the pan, then simmer for about 20 minutes, or until the pears are tender but not falling apart. Lift out of the sugar syrup with a slotted spoon and leave to cool.