Prep Time
15 minutes + cooling
Cooking Time
20-25 minutes
Serves
4 people
Ingredients
For the pears
- 4 pears, halved and cored
- 2 tbsp syrup
- 1 tbsp vegan butter or margarine
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp ground ginger
For the chocolate sauce
- 200ml coconut milk
- 45g Divine 70% Dark Chocolate, broken into pieces
- 2 tbsp tahini
- 2 tbsp syrup
- 1 tbsp cacao powder
To serve
- pomegranate seeds, ice cream or yoghurt
Method
1
Preheat the oven to 160Fan/180*C.
2
Melt the syrup and vegan butter or margarine together and stir in the cinnamon and ground ginger. Arrange the pear halves, flat side up in a baking tray and pour over the sticky sauce. Bake for 20-25 minutes, until the pears are soft and sticky.
3
To make the chocolate sauce, melt together and coconut milk and chocolate in a saucepan until it just boils and the chocolate has melted. Remove from the heat and whisk in the tahini, syrup and cacao powder until smooth and thickened.
4
To serve, pour the chocolate sauce over the pears and enjoy with pomegranate seeds, ice cream or thick yoghurt.
