Recipe#12917

Title: Chocolate Pears

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2 cups water
 3/4 cups sugar
 2 Tbs. Lemon juice
 3" piece cinnamon stick
 4 firm Bosc pears (1 3/4 lbs.)
 1/4 cup half-half
 1/2 cup sugar
 2 squares (1-oz. size) Unsweetend Chocolate
 2 Tbs. butter or margine
 1 tsp almond extract
 In a two quart microwave safe casserole, mix water, 3/4 cup sugar,
 lemon juice, and cinnamon.  Microwave, covered, at HIGH (100% power)
 4 minutes.
 Meanwhile, leaving stems on, pare pears, then core them through
 bottom.  Cut thin slice off each bottom so pears will stand up.
 Place pears in hot syrup turning to coat with syrup.  Microwave,
 covered at HIGH 10 minutes, turning pears in syrup after 5 minutes
 and rotating dish.  Let pears cool in syrup, chill 2 hours or
 overnight.
 Before serving, make sauce:  In a medium-size glass bowl, mix half
 and half and sugar.  Microwave, uncovered, at HIGH 2 minutes,
 stirring after 1 minute.  Add chocolate, microwave at HIGH 30
 seconds.  Stir until chocolate is melted.  Stir in butter until
 melted, then extract.  Spoon 2 tablespoons sauce onto each serving
 plate, top with pear.  Spoon 1 tablespoon sauce over each.  Makes
 4 servings, 484 calories per serving.