Ingredients
4 or 5 little pears
8 cl water
1 cinnamon stick
170 grams sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
80 grams bitter dark chocolate
120 grams butter
200 grams all purpose flour
dry yeast (1 sachet )
3 eggs
30 grams powder cacao
Method
To make the pears in syrup:
Peel the pears while keeping them whole. Pour the water into a saucepan, add 80 g sugar and vanilla and cinnamon stick, bring to a boil.
Add the pears and cook for 15 minutes. Let cool in the syrup.
Preheat the oven to 180° c (356 ° F).
Cut the chocolate in pieces and melt them with the butterin bain marie.Mix well to obtain a homogeneous texture.
In a large bowlmix the flour with the yeast,, the remaining sugar and the sifted cocoa. Make a well in the center and then incorporate whole eggs and chocolate/butter mixture.Pour half of dough in a buttered cake tin and arrangw the whole pears and cover with the rest of the dough. Bake for about 40 minutes. or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.
Chocolate sauce (optative)
120 grams semisweet chocolate
coarsely chopped
1/2 cup heavy cream
Place chocolate in a medium bowl.
In a saucepan bring cream to a boil. Pour over chocolate whisk until smooth.
Let cool until thick by 2 to 3 minutes.
Pour over chocolate /pears cake for a double chocolate treat.
By @gloria.baker.587 .
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