Surprise your guests with
this elegant dessert.
Poached
Pears with Chocolate Cranberry Sauce
- 6 cups Ocean Spray®
Cranberry Juice Cocktail
1 cup granulated sugar
6 Bartlett pears, peeled and cored with stems intact
1 (16-ounce) can Ocean Spray® Jellied Cranberry Sauce
1/2 cup NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Semi-Sweet Chocolate
Morsels
- Combine cranberry juice
cocktail and sugar in large saucepan. Bring to a boil over high
heat. Place pears in pan. Cover; simmer on low heat for 10 to
15 minutes or until pears are tender when pierced with a fork.
Turn pears several times during cooking. Remove from heat. Let
cool in liquid at room temperature.
- Combine cranberry sauce
and morsels in medium saucepan. Melt over medium heat, whisking
occasionally until just smooth.
- To serve, remove pears
from liquid; drain. Spoon 1/4 cup chocolate cranberry sauce on
each serving plate. Place pears on plates. Spoon remaining sauce
over tops of pears.
Makes 6 servings.
Recipe and photograph provided
courtesy of Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.
