Spiced pears with almonds chocolate creme fraiche

Name: Spiced pears with almonds chocolate creme fraiche
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Cuisine: European, Mediterranean, French
Ingredients: 4 Williams pears, halved; One cinnamon stick; 1 star anise; 8 cardamom pods lightly crushed; 375ml muscat or sweet white wine; 2 tbsp honey; 75 g of ground almonds; 250g creme fraiche; 40g dark chocolate finely grated; 1 tbsp icing sugar

4 steps

Prep:10minCook:40min

Updated at: Wed, 16 Aug 2023 16:11:54 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

Moderate

Nutrition per serving

Calories610.6 kcal (31%)

Total Fat38 g (54%)

Carbs49 g (19%)

Sugars30.4 g (34%)

Protein7.5 g (15%)

Sodium25.6 mg (1%)

Fiber8.2 g (29%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

4 servings

375mlmuscat

2 Tbsphoney

75gground almonds

250gcreme fraiche

40gdark chocolate

finely grated

1 Tbspicing sugar

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat your oven to 150°C fan. Place the halved pears, cinnamon, star anise, cardamom pods and muscat in a roasting tin, then cover with foil.

Step 2

Transfer to the oven and bake for 20 minutes then remove the foil and turn the pairs over. Drizzle with the honey, then bake for a further 20 minutes, uncovered.

Step 3

Meanwhile, mix the ground almonds, creme fraiche, grated chocolate and icing sugar together and set aside.

Step 4

Serve the pears immediately, with the poaching wine and almond chocolate creme fraiche alongside.