Baked pears with chocolate
6
Points®
Total time: 1 hr • Prep: 10 min • Cook: 50 min • Serves: 4 • Difficulty: Easy
Warm, caramelised pears with a velvety sour cream sauce scattered with nutty chocolate topping. Yum!
Ingredients
Pear(s)
2 medium, beurre bosc variety, stems attached, halved, cored
Reduced fat oil spread
1 tbs
Honey
1 tbs
Extra light sour cream
¼ cup(s), (60g)
Vanilla bean extract
2 tsp
Hazelnuts
20 g, (2 tbs) finely chopped
Dark chocolate
25 g, finely chopped
Instructions
1
Preheat oven to 200°C. Place pears, cut-side up, in a small ovenproof dish.
2
Dot pears with spread. Drizzle with honey. Bake, turning occasionally, for 50 minutes or until golden and tender.
3
Meanwhile, whisk the sour cream and vanilla in a bowl until smooth.
4
Serve the pears topped with the vanilla sour cream and scattered with the hazelnuts and chocolate.
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