If frozen berries and white chocolate make a nice pairing, I think that the combination of pears and white chocolate is pretty divine, especially when the white chocolate sauce contains a little liqueur. What a nice way to round off a special meal!
March is the last month of the pear season in the UK. You can still find lots of delicious varieties out there.  Poached pears with a hot white chocolate liqueur sauce uses Conference pears.  This fruit is one of my personal favourites.  Pears have a special kind of sweetness and when ripe, a great softness, although pears also have that distinctive slightly gritty texture to them. Apparently, when they are picked early and ripen off the tree, that gritty texture is less prevalent.
What you need:
What to do:
If you want to be really decadent, you can make a milk chocolate sauce as well. Take 255g of milk chocolate in small pieces and 120g of butter. As with the white chocolate sauce, stir together over a low heat until it is all molten and combined. Pour on top of the pears after the wine reduction and before the white chocolate.
Less than 30 minutes to prepare and 30 minutes to 1 hour to cook
Makes: 6 puddings
Tags: chocolate liqueur, cinnamon powder, conference pears, honey, pear pudding, pear recipe, Poached Pears with a Hot White Chocolate Liqueur Sauce, seasonal food, sugar, unsalted butter, vanilla essence, white chocolate, white wine
Fruit AND chocolate? delish!
[…] This sweet and spicy pear and nut bread makes for a great Christmas cake and also works very well as a carry-along snack for school or a car-trip out in the country. Â It also goes great with a nice warm cup of tea, especially Earl Grey or English Breakfast. Â I like to use hazelnuts, but walnuts also work very well. (For a chocolaty treat, try these poached pears with a hot white chocolate liqueur sauce.) […]