Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes
Yield: 6 Servings
Ingredients:
- 6 fresh Bartlett pears, slightly under-ripe, peeled, cored, and stems intact
- 3 cups water
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1- 1/2 tbsp cornstarch
- 3 cups milk
- 3 egg yolks
- 1-1/8 cups grated white chocolate
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup melted dark chocolate, optional
- Grated dark chocolate, optional
Preparation:
To prepare white chocolate sauce: mix 1/3 cup sugar and cornstarch in heavy saucepan. Slowly stir in milk until smooth. Stir constantly over medium heat, until mixture boils and thickens. Remove from heat. Beat egg yolks in a small bowl; add a small amount of hot sugar-milk mixture to eggs; then add egg mixture to sugar-milk mixture pan, stir vigorously. Over LOW heat, stir constantly until mixture thickens and coats spoon. Remove from heat. Stir in grated chocolate and vanilla; return to heat and stir until mixture is smooth.
To serve: remove pears from liquid with slotted spoon. Drain well. On individual dessert plates, place a pear on each plate. Spoon white chocolate sauce over each pear. For garnish, use melted dark chocolate to form swirls in the white chocolate sauce and sprinkle grated chocolate on stem-end of each pear, if desired.
