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Poached pears with chocolate sauce and chocolate chip hazelnut crumbles

Serves: 4

Ingredients

For the pears

  • 4 large pears or 8 small, peeled with stalk on
  • 1 piece root ginger, peeled and sliced
  • 4 cloves
  • 1 star anise
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 2 strips lemon zest
  • 500g caster sugar

For the chocolate crumble

  • 115g soft margarine (Stork with Butter)
  • 40g soft brown sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence
  • 75g self-raising flour (lamb Brand)
  • 50g oats (Quaker)
  • 40g hazelnuts, chopped
  • 4 tbsp chocolate chips
  • Icing sugar for dusting

For the chocolate sauce

  • 75g dark chocolate drops
  • 75ml fresh cream (Benna)
  • Pinch cinnamon

Method

To make the poached pears, place all the ingredients except the pears into a small saucepan. Half fill the pan with water and bring to the boil. Simmer for 10 minutes to infuse then drop in pears, cover and gently poach for about 20-30 minutes until soft. Turn off the heat and set aside. To make the chocolate sauce, tip the chocolate drops and cream into a small pan and heat together until you have a sauce, stirring constantly. Meanwhile, prepare the chocolate chip crumbles. Preheat the oven to 170`c and grease small individual rings and place onto a lined baking sheet. Cream the margarine, sugar and vanilla essence together until soft and fluffy. Mix in the flour until all combined. Pop half of the mixture into the base of the rings and sprinkle over 2 spoons of chocolate chips . Cover with the remaining crumble, sprinkle over the chopped hazelnuts and remaining chocolate chips. Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes, or until the top is golden brown. Leave to cool down in the ring for 5 minutes before serving dusted with icing sugar, along with the poached pears and chocolate sauce.
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