Pears and chocolate are a great classic that makes our mouth water just by thinking of their flavour. If we add to this the fact that this Pear and chocolate pudding is super light, we have found a solution to satisfy our craving for sweets without destroying our effort to follow a balanced diet.

This Pear and chocolate pudding is not only a perfect dessert, but it is also excellent as an alternative breakfast or mounth-watering afternoon snack.

Do you know where this recipe comes from? From chatting with a customer of my greengrocer’s who was buying pears to cook this pudding, which I wanted to make even more irresistible by completing it with a chocolate cream!

Pear and chocolate pudding

carbohydrates 20,82g per 100g with sweetener

Ingredients for the pudding for 4 servings

• 500g pears, peeled and cored
• 40g thick coconut milk or water
• 20g brown rice flour*
• sweetener* or sugar

Ingredients for the chocolate ganache

• 70g bitter chocolate
• 40g plant or cow’s milk
• toasted hazelnuts

**Ingredients specific for celiacs

*Ingredients whose labels must read “gluten-free” (or, in Italy, present on Prontuario AIC)

Preparation

1. Dice the pears and cook them in a pan with coconut milk or water: if you use water, you won’t have the pleasant coconut note.
2. When pears start di undo, add the rice flour, stir well and blend to a cream: adjust sweetness adding sweetener or sugar to taste.
3. Pour into 4 little glasses and put in the refrigerator.
4. Meanwhile, prepare the chocolate ganache chopping the bitter chocolate and pouring on top of it the milk brought to a boil; stir with a whisk to a smooth and even cream.
5. At the time of serving, take the glasses out of the refrigerator and complete with the chocolate ganache: if the chocolate has become too hard, warm it up to make it runny and garnish with chopped hazelnuts.