Baked Pears With Chocolate Sauce and Pomegranate Seeds

Submitted by Cookin in Texas

"This is a recipe I found in a Diabetes & You magazine that Walgreens has. I really love this recipe cause it is low in carbs and being a diabetic that is good."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 10mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 4 Anjou pears, peeled, halved lengthwise and cored
• 1⁄8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon margarine, cut into 8 pieces
• 1⁄3 cup water
• 1⁄2 cup bittersweet chocolate chips
• 2 tablespoons half-and-half
• 1 teaspoon half-and-half
• 1⁄2 cup pomegranate seeds

directions

1. Heat oven to 350°F Sprinkle pears with cinnamon and place, cut side up, in a baking dish. Place 1 piece of margarine in the core cavity of each pear. Add water to dish and bake pears until tender, about 1 hour, basting with water one halfway through. Remove from oven and cool slightly. Slice each pear lengthwise into thin slices and fan out on dessert plates.
2. Heat chocolate and half-and-half in a small saucepan over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, until melted and well combined, 1 to 2 minutes. Using a large spoon, drizzle chocolate sauce decoratively over pear slices. Sprinkle with pomegranate seeds and serve.