Sweet Chocolate Pears recipe

4 servings

4 fresh pears

2 cups orange juice

1/2 cup white sugar

4 (1 ounce) squares bittersweet chocolate

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).

Place pears in a small ovenproof pan.

Mix orange juice with 1/4 cup sugar and pour over pears.

Cook in preheated oven for 30 to 40 minutes; occasionally turn and sprinkle remaining sugar over pears.

Remove pears from oven when soft and let cool.

Pour orange juice mixture into a medium saucepan and simmer over medium heat until mixture thickens to the consistency of cream; remove from heat.

In a small saucepan over medium-low heat, melt chocolate.

Add a few tablespoons of hot milk if the chocolate becomes too thick to stir.

Put each pear in a small bowl.

Pour the creamy orange sauce over each pear, then drizzle chocolate on top; serve warm.