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Ultimate Chocolate Sundaes
Ingredients
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8
ounces 65-percent-cocoa chocolate or bittersweet chocolate, coarsley chopped
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1/3
cup water
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1/4
cup granulated sugar
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1/4
cup pear liqueur or pear nectar
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4
small Forelle or Bosc pears (1 lb. total)
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3
tablespoons butter
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2
tablespoons granulated sugar
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1
quart premium vanilla ice cream
Directions
1. In a small saucepan combine chocolate, water, and the 1/4 cup sugar. Melt chocolate over low heat, stirring slowly and constantly. Stir in pear liqueur or nectar. Set aside to cool slightly.
2. Peel pears, if desired; cut into quarters.* In a large skillet melt butter. Add pear quarters; cook over medium heat about 12 minutes or until browned and tender, turning once. Add the 2 tablespoons sugar stirring gently until sugar is dissolved and pears are glazed.
3. To assemble: Place scoops of ice cream in bottom of 8 individual bowls. Spoon two pear pieces and some sauce around ice cream in each bowl. Top with chocolate sauce. Makes 8 servings.
From the Test Kitchen
- Note *If using large pears, use only 2 pears and cut into fourths.
Nutrition Facts
(Ultimate Chocolate Sundaes)
- Servings Per Recipe 8,
- Calories 538,
- Protein (gm) 7,
- Carbohydrate (gm) 56,
- Fat, total (gm) 33,
- Cholesterol (mg) 132,
- Saturated fat (gm) 20,
- Monosaturated fat (gm) 5,
- Polyunsaturated fat (gm) 1,
- Dietary Fiber, total (gm) 3,
- Sugar, total (gm) 49,
- Vitamin A (IU) 923,
- Vitamin C (mg) 2,
- Thiamin (mg) 0,
- Riboflavin (mg) 0,
- Pyridoxine (Vit. B6) (mg) 0,
- Folate (µg) 4,
- Sodium (mg) 119,
- Potassium (mg) 185,
- Calcium (DV %) 172,
- Iron (DV %) 1,
- Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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