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Poached Pears in Red Currant Sauce with Chocolate Decadence Cake Recipe

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Poached Pears in Red Currant Sauce with Chocolate Decadence Cake
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Ingredients
18
Count
Nutrition
1439
Calories
Total time
105
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Sift together flour, baking soda, sugar, and cocoa powder. Place into mixing bowl.
  2. Put butter, oil, and water into a pot and melt over medium heat.
  3. When butter has melted, pour into dry ingredients and mix on low speed until incorporated.
  4. Then mix on medium speed while adding eggs, 1 at a time, and then sour cream. Continue to mix only until incorporated. Pour batter into greased and papered sheet pan (8 inch by 12 inch). Bake in a preheated 375-degree F oven until firm to touch and releases from sides of the pan. Cool. Then invert onto back of another pan or onto a pastry or cutting board.
  5. Take a round cutter, 1/2-inch-in-diameter larger than the base of the pear. Cut out cake circles. (Save rest of cake as snacks, cut into squares and dust with powdered sugar.)
  6. Place cream in pan, place over medium high heat. Bring just to a boil. Remove immediately from stove. Pour in chopped chocolate. Stir until all chocolate pieces are melted. Cool slightly. Place cake circles on cooling rack placed on top of a pan (to catch drippings). Pour glaze over cakes, being careful to fully cover top and sides.
  7. Place in refrigerator to harden. Once set, take spatula and carefully remove circles. Place on papered sheet pan. Roll out marzipan and cut it into a 3/4-inch wide strip. Cut a decorative design on 1 side (like waves or triangles). Wrap the strip, straight side on the bottom around the base of each glazed cake circle.
  8. Place cake circle in center of dessert plate. Pour reduced cool sauce around cake enough to coat plate nicely. Place Dipped Poached Pear in center on top of cake. If desired, take edible gold leaf and place in increments around cake on sauce.
  9. Mix together puree, liqueur, and sugar. Pour into saucepan. Set aside.
  10. Peel pears, core out from bottom of pear using melon baller. Careful not to break or split the sides of the pear. Slice bottom of pear, to enable pear to stand straight up. Place pears standing up in puree mixture. Bring to boil, reduce heat to a simmer. Cover with aluminum foil, poach until tender, approximately 8 to 10 minutes, depending on ripeness of pears.
  11. Remove pears from liquid and place on cooling rack. Remove poaching liquid from stove and cool.
  12. Once liquid is cold, place pears back into liquid and store, covered in refrigerator over night.
  13. Remove pears from liquid (reserve liquid for later use). Place on cooling rack to drain.
  14. Melt chocolate in bowl over a pan of simmering water. Once pears have drained, pat dry, and dip into the melted chocolate, approximately 1-inch up base of pear. Place on waxed paper to set chocolate.
  15. Place cooking liquid back into a saucepan, and bring to a boil, then reduce heat to a simmer. Continue to simmer, reducing liquid to sauce consistency. Remove from stove and cool.
  16. This recipe was provided by professional chefs and has been scaled down from a bulk recipe provided by a restaurant. The FN chefs have not tested this recipe, in the proportions indicated, and therefore, we cannot make any representation as to the results.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1438.66 Kcal (6023 kJ)
Calories from fat 687.6 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 76.4g 118%
Cholesterol 156.59mg 52%
Sodium 1302.9mg 54%
Potassium 282.42mg 6%
Total Carbs 187.68g 63%
Sugars 128.58g 514%
Dietary Fiber 10.13g 41%
Protein 11.92g 24%
Vitamin C 3.5mg 6%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 6%
Iron 3.7mg 20%
Calcium 211.9mg 21%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 318.35 Kcal (1333 kJ)
Calories from fat 152.15 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 16.91g 118%
Cholesterol 34.65mg 52%
Sodium 288.31mg 54%
Potassium 62.49mg 6%
Total Carbs 41.53g 63%
Sugars 28.45g 514%
Dietary Fiber 2.24g 41%
Protein 2.64g 24%
Vitamin C 0.8mg 6%
Iron 0.8mg 20%
Calcium 46.9mg 21%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 34.3
    Points
  • 40
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar,
  • High in Total Fat

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