Chocolate puff pastry pears

Name: Chocolate puff pastry pears
Uploaded: 2018-01-20T12:00:02Z
Duration: PT70.084S
Channel: Food Inspiration

published on 20 January, 2018 at 13:00

Ingredients:
1 Pear.
1 Sheet Puff Pastry.
2 Lindt Lindor Chocolates.
1 Tbsp Lemon Juice.
½ Tsp Powdered Sugar.
1 Egg Yolk.

Instructions:
Cut your pear in half lengthways and remove and stalk.
Remove the pear core with a melon baller making sure the whole is big enough for a chocolate.
Place the chocolate in the hole and then position cut side down on the puff pastry.
Cut around the pear leaving 5-10mm extra pastry on the side and then cut out 4 pastry leaves.
Transfer to a baking tray pressing the leaves into place.
Score the pears with a knife and brush with lemon juice and sprinkle with powdered sugar.
Brush the visible pastry with egg yolk.
Bake at 180°C or 350F for 15-20 minutes.