Dark chocolate and pear friands
26/3/2009
Serves 12
Ingredients
| 150 g | Butter |
| 1 cup | Ground almonds |
| 4 | Eggs, (whites only), lightly whisked |
| 1 cup | Icing sugar |
| ½ cup | Plain flour |
| 80 g | Dark chocolate, roughly chopped |
| 2 | Pears, halved, cored, and finely chopped. Plus an extra half to finely slice. |
Directions
- Preheat oven to 180 degC. Grease gem trays or muffin pans.
- Using a large bowl, tip in the butter, almonds, egg whites, icing sugar and flour, then stir until just combined.
- Stir through the chocolate and the pears, reserving the extra half to put on the top.
- Spoon into the trays and bake for 10 minutes then top with slices of pear and continue cooking for a further 10-15 minutes.
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