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Chocolate Pear Crisp |
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| Serves 4 |
Prep 10 mins |
Cooking 40 - 45 mins |
Easy |
Low fat |
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Ingredients |
3 ripe pears, peeled and cored
juice of 1/2 lemon
1 tbsp light muscovado sugar
4 tsp Poire William liqueur or Cognac (optional)
For the topping
50g icing sugar
1 tbsp cocoa powder
25g ground almonds
1 egg white
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Heat oven to 160C/ Fan 140C/
Gas 3. Chop the pears into small pieces and put in a pan
with the lemon juice and sugar. Bring to the boil, then
cover and cook for 8 -10 mins more until the juices
thicken up. Spoon into 4 x 150ml ramekins and add a tsp of
liqueur to each if using.
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For the topping, sift the
icing sugar and the cocoa into a bowl, then stir in the
almonds. Whisk the egg white until stiff, then fold into
the dry ingredients. Spoon over the pears and shake the
ramekins to level the mixture. Bake for 20- 25 mins until
the topping is firm to the touch. Serve warm or cold.
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