Pear and Salted Chocolate Mess
Salted chocolate is an underated treat!
SERVES
2
PEOPLE
PREP TIME
5
MINUTES
COOKING TIME
20
MINUTES
Ingredients
- For the pears:
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
Method
To make the pears place the juice, zest, water and sugar into a saucepan and add the chunks of pear. Simmer gently for about ten minutes until the pears are soft but still have a bite. Set aside to cool in the juices.
Place the butter, milk and muscovado sugar for the sauce into a heavy based saucepan and heat until it begins to bubble. Take it off the heat and stir in the chocolate until it has melted. Stir in the sea salt to taste. I think about two pinches works well. Set aside to cool.
When you are ready to serve place the meringue pieces into a glass or bowl and stir through the cream and chunks of pear. Drizzle the salted chocolate sauce on top and sprinkle with the almonds.
