Pear and Salted Chocolate Mess

The juice and zest of 2 oranges

The zest of 1 lemon

100mls of water

50g of golden caster sugar

4 pears, peeled cored and cut into about eight pieces each

For the sauce:

50g of soft butter

80mls of milk

10g of light muscovado sugar

120g of dark chocolate, broken into small even size pieces

2 pinches of sea salt

To assemble:

2 meringues, roughly broken

4 tbs of whipped cream

A small handful of slivered almonds toasted