Name: Chocolate and pear tart
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 0 serving
Cuisine: Bake
Ingredients: 200.00 g tennis biscuits crushed; 60.00 ml butter melted, or margarine; 60.00 ml cashew nuts chopped; 300.00 ml milk; 60.00 ml cocoa powder; 100.00 ml brown sugar; 60.00 ml cornflour; 0.00 milk; 50.00 ml chocolate liqueur; 10.00 ml Sheridans gelatine; 410.00 g pears halved; 1.00 chocolate Bar-One; 0.00 to serve to serve; 0.00 cream whipped and chocolate curls

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Ingredients (14)

CRUST

200.00 g	tennis biscuits — crushed
60.00 ml	butter — melted, or margarine
60.00 ml	cashew nuts — chopped

FILLING

300.00 ml	milk
60.00 ml	cocoa powder
100.00 ml	brown sugar
60.00 ml	cornflour
0.00	milk
50.00 ml	chocolate liqueur
10.00 ml	Sheridans gelatine
410.00 g	pears — halved
1.00	chocolate — Bar-One
0.00	to serve — to serve
0.00	cream — whipped and chocolate curls

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Method:

Crust: Grease a 25cm pie dish with butter or nonstick spray. Mix all the ingredients for the crust and press into the bottom and up the sides of the pie dish and chill.

Filling: Heat the milk, cocoa powder and brown sugar together over medium heat until the sugar has dissolved. Blend the cornflower with a little cold milk to form a smooth paste and stir into the milk mixture. Bring to boil while stirring.

Simmer for a few minutes or until the mixture thickens and is done. Remove from the heat. Mix the chocolate liqueur and gelatin and stir into the hot mixture. Pour into the pie crust and leave to cool.

Drain the pears and pour the syrup into a small saucepan. Boil rapidly until reduced by half. Remove from the heat and add the chocolate pieces, stirring until melted. If necessary return to the heat to allow the chocolate to melt, but don’t allow to boil. Cool slightly.

Arrange the pears, cut sides facing down, on the cooled chocolate filling in the pie crust and pour over the cooled sauce.

Chill. The sauce will run down the sides of the slices when you cut the tart. Serve with whipped cream and decorate with chocolate curls if desired.

Makes 1 large tart.