Roasted Pears with Vanilla Ice Cream, Chocolate Sauce & Sea Salt
Any way you spin this dessert, it’s a crowd-pleaser. Make the roasted pears alone for a delicious fall treat; dress them up with a little vanilla ice cream, bittersweet chocolate sauce, and Martha’s Vineyard Sea Salt, and you’re in heaven. In fact that chocolate sauce and sea salt combination is such a knock-out that I’m tempted to eat it any day of the week—on anything!
Serves 3 to 4
1 recipe Butter-Maple Roasted Pears (below), at room temperature or gently rewarmed if desired
1 pint vanilla ice cream
1 recipe Chocolate Sauce, gently rewarmed to loosen
Martha’s Vineyard Sea Salt (for sprinkling)
Arrange one or two Roasted Pear halves in small, shallow dessert bowls. Use a melon scooper, a metal tablespoon, or other small spoon to portion a small scoop of vanilla ice cream on each pear half. Drizzle decoratively with warm Chocolate Sauce and sprinkle liberally with sea salt. Serve and eat right away.
Chocolate Sauce
Makes 1 cup
4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
½ cup heavy cream
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
MV Sea Salt sea salt
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Put the chopped chocolate in a heatproof bowl. Combine the cream, sugar, butter, and a good pinch of salt in a medium heavy saucepan over medium-high heat. Bring just to a boil, stirring constantly. Pour the hot cream mixture over the chopped chocolate and let stand for 1 minute. Stir until the chocolate is melted and smooth. Whisk in the vanilla.
Cool and store covered in the fridge for up to a week.
Recipe copyright Susie Middleton https://www.instagram.com/sixburnersue/