PEARS IN MERINGUE WITH CHOCOLATE SAUCE

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Provided by Food Network

Categories     dessert

Time 8h30m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 10

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

Steps:

  • 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.

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