Baked Pears With Chocolate Sauce And Pomegranate Seeds

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 4 anjou pears, peeled, halved lengthwise and cored
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon margarine, cut into 8 pieces
• 1/3 cup water
• 1/2 cup bittersweet chocolate chips
• 2 tablespoons half-and-half
• 1 teaspoon half-and-half
• 1/2 cup pomegranate seeds

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350°f sprinkle pears with cinnamon and place, cut side up, in a baking dish. place 1 piece of margarine in the core cavity of each pear. add water to dish and bake pears until tender, about 1 hour, basting with water one halfway through. remove from oven and cool slightly. slice each pear lengthwise into thin slices and fan out on dessert plates.
• 2 heat chocolate and half-and-half in a small saucepan over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, until melted and well combined, 1 to 2 minutes. using a large spoon, drizzle chocolate sauce decoratively over pear slices. sprinkle with pomegranate seeds and serve.