Pears in Meringue with Chocolate Sauce
- Yield: 4 servings
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- Nutritional Analysis
- Per Serving
- Serving Size
- 1 of 4 servings
- Calories
- 443
- Total Fat
- 14
- Saturated Fat
- 7
- Carbohydrates
- 68
- Dietary Fiber
- 10
- Sugar
- 42
- Protein
- 5
- Cholesterol
- 1
- Sodium
- 51
- Total: 8 hr 30 min
- Prep: 8 hr 15 min
- Cook: 15 min
Ingredients
1 tablespoon toasted almonds, finely chopped
1 cup glace fruits (preferably cherries, ginger, apricot, fig, and pineapple), finely chopped
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons rum
3/8 cup water
Small piece cinnamon bark
4 tablespoons apricot jam
4 pears, peeled, halved, and cored
2 egg whites
4 tablespoons confectioners' sugar, sifted, plus more to dust
4 squares dark chocolate, chopped
Directions
- Soak almonds, glace fruit, and 1/4 cup rum together overnight.
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Combine water, cinnamon, and jam in a large saucepan. Boil until well incorporated and syrupy. Reduce heat. Add pears and cook gently for 5 minutes. Remove to an ovenproof dish. Fill cavities with crystallized fruit. Reserve pan syrup, discarding cinnamon bark.
- Beat egg whites until stiff. Fold in confectioners' sugar. Pipe this meringue over pears. Dust with confectioners' sugar and bake for 5 minutes.
- Stir chocolate pieces into warm syrup and add rum.
- Serve pears on a heated platter, surrounded with warm chocolate sauce.
Cook’s Note
*requires overnight preparation