Chocolate and pears delight

For: 4 persons
Difficulty : medium



INGREDIENTS:

 for the pastry:

• 165 g flour
• 125 g butter
• 30 g sugat
• 30 g almonds

 

for the stuffing:

• 4-5 pears
• 90 g butter
• 45 g cocoa powder 
• 200 g brown sugar
• 45 g flour
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

 for decoration:

• icing sugar

PREPARATION:

Pour into a bowl the flour, the sugar, the chopped almonds, 3-4 tablespoons of water and the butter and knead until the mixture is very crumbly.Wrap it in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 min. Roll out the pastry, lined a baking pan and let rest in the refrigerator.

Peel the pear,remove the seeds and cut them into 4 pieces,Prick the dough with a fork and sprinkle with sugar.Put on the pears and bake it for 15 min at 180°C.  Meanwhile melt the butter and the cocoa mixing well.Mounted the egg and the brown sugar , add the butter and cocoa and sift over the flour. Stir everything and  add the vanilla extract.Pour it on the pears and bake it for anther 15 min.Leave to cool and sprinkle the cake with icing sugar