Spiced Pears with Almond Chocolate Crème Fraîche

Name: Spiced Pears with Almond Chocolate Crème Fraîche
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Cuisine: European
Ingredients: pears, halved; cinnamon; star anise; cardamom pods; muscat; honey; ground almonds; creme fraiche; grated chocolate; icing sugar

4 steps

Cook:40min

If you make no other dessert from this book, make this. The chocolate in the almond crème fraîche melts on contact with the hot, yielding, syrupy pears – words fail. Try it and see.

Updated at: Wed, 16 Aug 2023 18:32:08 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

Low

Nutrition per serving

Calories176.1 kcal (9%)

Total Fat9.1 g (13%)

Carbs18.8 g (7%)

Sugars13.4 g (15%)

Protein2.4 g (5%)

Sodium5.1 mg (0%)

Fiber2.4 g (9%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

4 servings

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat your oven to 150°C fan/170°C/gas 3. 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 pears over. Drizzle with the honey, then bake for a further 20 minutes, uncovered.

Step 3

Meanwhile, mix the ground almonds, crème fraîche, grated chocolate and icing sugar together and set aside.

Step 4

Serve the pears immediately, with the poaching wine and almond chocolate crème fraîche alongside.