joyce's pears supreme

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 (15 ounce) cans pear halves, drained
• 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder, or as needed
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• 1 pasteurized egg, beaten
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins Ready Time: 8 hrs 30 mins


• layer half the drained pears into the bottom of a glass baking dish with flat sides up. fill the hollow in each pear with 1 or 2 pinches of cocoa powder. place remaining pears on top of the first ones with flat sides down and hold the pear halves together with toothpicks. refrigerate pears overnight.
• before serving, whip cream in a chilled metal bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until cream is fluffy and forms soft peaks when beaters are lifted straight up, about 5 minutes. reduce mixer speed to medium and beat pasteurized egg, confectioners' sugar, melted butter, and vanilla extract into the whipped cream to make a foamy sauce.
• place each pear (made of 2 halves) a serving dish, remove toothpicks, and drizzle with sauce to serve.