Poached Pears With Chocolate-cranberry Sauce

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3/4 cup cranberry juice cocktail
• 1 1/4 cups water
• 4 medium pears, peeled, cored with stem intact and sliced in half
• 6 ounces canned cranberry sauce, jellied
• 3 tablespoons milk chocolate chips (or 1 1/2 oz)
• 1/2 cup raspberries

Recipe

• 1 bring juice and water to a boil in a large saucepan over high heat; place pears in pan, cover and simmer on low heat until pears are tender when pieced with a fork, about 15 minutes (turn pears several times during cooking). remove saucepan from heat, let cool to room temperature and refrigerate until ready to serve.
• 2 combine cranberry sauce and chocolate chips in a medium saucepan; melt over medium heat, whisking occasionally, until smooth.
• 3 remove pears from liquid; drain. to serve, spoon about 2 1/2 tablespoons chocolate-cranberry sauce onto each of 4 dessert plates. top each with 2 pear halves and decorate with 2 tablespoons of raspberries. serve immediately.