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Recipe: Chocolate pear pancakes

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Tuesday Feb 21 2012

As it's Pancake Day, Florence Sandeman shows you how to toss up some delicious treats to suit all tastes

What you'll need

For the batter

50g plain flour

½ to 1 tbsp pure cocoa powder

1 egg

150ml milk

Vegetable oil

For the pears

2 pears, peeled, cored and cut into 1cm pieces

About 4 tbsp sugar

1 x 2.5cm cinnamon stick

Cold water

For the chocolate sauce

50g good quality dark chocolate, broken into small pieces

25g butter

3 tbsp honey

Serves 2

Place the flour and cocoa powder in a mixing bowl or large jug, mix well then add the egg and milk and mix until well blended and smooth using a balloon whisk or handheld electric. Set it aside while you prepare the pears.

Place the chopped pears in a small saucepan together with the cinnamon and sugar and enough cold water to come halfway up the fruit. Place over a medium heat and bring to simmering point, mixing well and continue to cook for about five minutes or until soft.

Meanwhile, put the chocolate, butter and honey in a heatproof bowl and place over a pan of simmering water and leave until the chocolate starts to melt.

Mix well until you have a smooth sauce. Remove the pan from the heat, cover the bowl with a lid or clingfilm but leave it in the pan and set aside.

Once the pears are tender, turn the heat off, drain any excess liquid, remove the cinnamon stick then crush the pears with a fork.

Cover with a lid and set aside while you cook the pancakes according to instructions in the Basic Pancake Mixture recipe.

To serve, fold each pancake into quarters, place three on a plate, place the pear mixture over the pancakes then drizzle with the chocolate sauce.

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