This decadent dessert for two is disarmingly simple to prepare. Double it for dinner parties and turn dessert into a chocolate celebration!
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 tablespoon flour
- ½ cup milk
- 3 tablespoons cocoa
- 2 ½ tablespoons sugar
- 2 egg yolks
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla
- 2 egg whites
- 1 fresh Bosc or Anjou USA Pear, peeled and sliced
Melt butter; blend in flour. Heat milk, cocoa, and sugar together until hot, but not boiling; add all at once to flour mixture, stirring constantly. Beat egg yolks until light. Blend small amount of sauce into yolks; add mixture to sauce. Cook and stir over low heat until slightly thickened. Add vanilla. Cover and cool. Beat egg whites until stiff but not dry; fold into cooled chocolate mixture. Lay sliced pears in bottom of buttered 4-cup baking dish; pour chocolate mixture over. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until set. Serve immediately.
- Serving Size: 8 oz
- Calories: 280
- Carbohydrates: 33g
- Protein: 10g
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