Chocolate Pear Cake

Chocolate and pears is a classic combination and one of the best if I may add. The sweet,

flavorful pears mellow down the bitterness of the chocolate, creating a delicious, rich dessert

for your meals.

Yields: 1 9-inch cake pan

Ingredients:

3 oz chocolate, chopped

3 oz butter

3 egg yolks

3 egg whites

3 oz sugar

3 oz chopped walnuts

4 ripe pears, peeled, halved and cored, then sliced

1 pinch of salt

1 tablespoon dark rum

Directions:

Put the chocolate and butter in a heavy pan and heat it on low flame until melted. Add the rum

and remove from heat. Let it cool to room temperature.

In a bowl, mix the egg yolks with the sugar until creamy, fluffy and pale in color. Carefully mix

in the chocolate then fold in the chopped hazelnuts. In another bowl, whip the egg whites with

a pinch of salt then gently fold it into the chocolate base.

Grease and flour a 9-inch round cake pan with butter and flour it slightly. Spoon the batter into

the pan, arrange the pears on top and bake in the preheated oven at 250F for 30-40 minutes.

The cake will rise then deflate, but that is how it should look like.

Serve when completely chilled with a dollop of fresh cream if you want.

Chocolate Pear Cake