Recipe - Pear And Chocolate Crepes

1 Quantity crepe mixture
1 tablespoon Sugar
1 tablespoon Cocoa powder
1 One half pound Pears; peeled, cored and
roughly cut or sliced up
6 ounce Pitted dates
Three fourths pt Orange juice
5 ounce Plain chocolate
5 fl Carton single cream
1 tablespoon Arrow root
Creme fraiche to serve

A delicious hot chocolate and pear filling in pretty marble effect crepes

Make the crepe mixture as before, adding the sugar with the flour. Sieve
the cocoa into a bowl and gradually whisk in half the batter. Pour the two
batters into two separate jugs, cover and rest 30 minutes.

Place the pears, dates and orange juice in a saucepan and bring them to the
boil. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes or until the pears are tender.

Meanwhile, place he chocolate and ream in a bowl over a pan of simmering
water until melted and smooth.

Blend the arrowroot into a smooth paste with 1 tbsp of water and stir into
the pears to thicken the mixture slightly.

Cook the crepes as before, drizzling a little of each batter into the pan
to create a marbled effect. Fill the crepes with the pear mixture and serve
together with the chocolate sauce and creme fraiche.

Prime, March, 1995, p. 108

Posted to MMRecipes Digest by Omaknits Omaknits@aol.com on Mar 29, 1998