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Chocolate Sauce Pudding with Pear and Apple Compote
A great prepare ahead dessert
Ingredients
 | 150g dark couverture chocolate, chopped |
| 150g unsalted butter, chopped |
| 3 eggs |
| 3 egg yolks |
| 90g castor sugar |
| 75g (1/2 cup) plain flour |
| 8 X 125 ml dariole moulds, lightly greased |
Method
| Melt chocolate and butter together in a glass measuring cup in the microwave. Be gentle, and stir until melted, combined and glossy. |
| Beat eggs, egg yolks in electric mixture, add sugar and continue until thick and pale. |
| Fold in sifted flour, then stir in chocolate mixture and mix gently |
| Return mix to glass container, which should have a pouring lip |
| Pour mixture into moulds, cover with platic wrap, and freeze for at least 2 hours, or overnight. |
| Preheat oven to 220 dec C |
| Remove plastic wrap, place moulds on an oven tray and bake for 10-15 minutes, or until pudding are firm around edge. Some uncooked mixture might be volcanoing out the top - this is OK. |
| Carefully run knife around edge and turn out puddings onto individual plates. |
| Serve with Apple and Pear Compote and icecream. Dust with sifted cocoa. |
Apple and Pear Compote
Ingredients
| 1 cinnamon stick |
| 1 vanilla bean |
| 6 juniper berries (optional) |
| 4 cloves |
| 6 coffee beans (optional) |
| 125g dried figs |
| 100g dried pear |
| 50g dried apple |
| 250 ml muscat (or port, or half muscat/half water) |
| 1/2 cup clear apple juice (or water) |
| 1 apple, peeled, cored, thickly sliced |
| 1 pear, peeled, cored and thickly sliced. |
Method
| Combine cinnamon stick, cloves, vanilla bean, berries, beans and dried fruit in a sauce pan. |
| Pour over muscat/water/juice |
| Bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes |
| Add fresh apple and pear, cook for a further 10-15 mintues until all fruit is tender |
| Remove from heat, cover, leave for 30 minutes |
| Transfer to a bowl and let cool to room temperature, then refrigerate for at least a day |
From Australian Gourmet Traveller - Chocolate
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