Chocolate Pears

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Written By Judy Doherty, MPS, PCII

2014-04-13 13.25.31-2Here is a light fruit dessert that is easy to make and less than 200 calories per serving. Most of the time pears are poached in wine or liqueur. But you can poach them in a light chocolate syrup to give them a light chocolate flavor and warm cocoa hue. We served ours with a light sprinkling of real chocolate shavings and a tiny amount of chocolate syrup.Here is how you make them:2 pears4 cups water2 cups sugar2 tablespoons cocoa2 tablespoons Hershey's Chocolate Sauce4 tsp shaved dark chocolate chocolate (use potato peeler or cheese slicer)Place water, sugar, and cocoa in a small pan. Peel pears and remove the core from the bottom of them. Place them in the sauce pan and top with foil. Simmer over low heat for 40 minutes.Remove from poaching liquid. Set each pear in 1 tablespoon of Hershey's chocolate sauce. Top each one with 2 teaspoons of shaved chocolate. Refrigerate until ready to serve or serve warm.Serves 2.TIP: cover them with foil while they are poaching so they stay submerged:2014-04-13 13.19.43Check out our new Fruit and Vegetable Promotion Posters:    

Judy Doherty, MPS, PCII

Judy Doherty, MPS, PCII discovered her love of cooking at her grandmother's side, stirring raisin oatmeal on a Saturday morning. By 15 she had her first food service job. At 18 she was accepted to the Culinary Institute of America, where she graduated second in her class, then went on to the Fachschule Richemont in Switzerland to study pastry arts and baking. A decade with Hyatt Hotels followed before she founded Food and Health Communications with a single conviction: food that is good for you should taste extraordinary.

Judy holds a Master of Professional Studies in Food Business from the Culinary Institute of America, a Bachelor of Science in Culinary Arts from Johnson and Wales University (Summa Cum Laude), two art certificates from UC Berkeley Extension, and the CIA's Pro Chef II certification. She has earned the American Culinary Federation Bronze Medal, Gold Medal, and ACF Chef of the Year award.

Today she develops every recipe on this site, shoots and styles food through her food photography and motion studio, and publishes nutrition education materials for dietitians, schools, extension offices, and health professionals through nutritioneducationstore.com. She uses the latest nutritional science and Dietary Guidelines to drive her creativity — whether that means a new twist on fajitas or Italian brownies made with toasted nuts and cooked honey. Her mission has never changed: help everyone make food that tastes as good as it is for them.

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