Tender baked pears are stuffed with an amaretti cookie filling, topped with vanilla ice cream and drizzled with chocolate sauce in this elegant recipe. Chocolate and pears are a great combination. This dish is very nice for entertaining as it can be prepared ahead, and quickly assembled at the last moment. You can use almond biscotti in place of the Amaretti if you desire.
:Serves 4
4 Large Ripe Pears
3/4 Cup Of Amaretti di Saronno Cookies Made Into Crumbs Crumbs
4 Tablespoons Softened Butter
1 Cup White Wine
1/2 Cup Sugar
2 Ounces Dark Chocolate
2-3 Tablespoons Cream
Vanilla Ice Cream
Toasted Slivered Almonds
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Peel, half and core the pears. Mix together the cookie crumbs with the butter, adding a few tablespoons of the white wine to moisten. Stuff the cored centers of the pears and set them in a baking dish. In a saucepan, heat together the sugar and white wine until the sugar has completely melted. Pour this mixture into the bottom of the baking dish and place in the oven. Bake for about 35-45 minutes or until the pears are fork tender, spooning the wine sauce over the pears occasionally while they cook. Be careful not to over saturate the filling. Remove from the oven and either serve warm or at room temperature.
Prepare the chocolate sauce by melting the chocolate with the cream over medium heat. To assemble your dish, place each stuffed pear in an attractive goblet, and spoon over it a tablespoon or two of the wine syrup. Place on top of this one small scoop of vanilla ice cream. Next drizzle with your prepared chocolate syrup, sprinkle with the almonds and serve.