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Another adaptation from Veganomicon. The original calls for black tea and orange zest. I used green tea and fresh ginger. It was a huge hit. Even though I'm a chocoholic, I actually used less chocolate than the recipe called for. And the sauce was still excellent. I felt as if I could be eating chocolate in a tea garden in Kyoto.

Oh, that sounds nice.

Japanese poached pears with chocolate sauce -- prep time: about an hour; serves 4 - 6

Ingredients

3 cups water

3 bags high quality Japanese green tea

1/4 cup Demerara sugar

1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger

4 pears, peeled, halved and cored

6 ounces high quality semisweet or bittersweet vegan chocolate (chocolate chips or chopped bar)

Directions

Boil the water in a medium pot. Turn off heat, stir in Demerara, add tea bags and steep for 15 minutes. Remove tea bags and stir to make sure all sugar is dissolved.

Bring the tea to a boil. Add the pear halves and ginger. Lower heat, cover and simmer for about 35 minutes. Turn the pears over part way through.

Remove pears and liquid to a bowl. Take 1 cup of the liquid and put it back in the pot. Bring it to a simmer and add the chocolate. Whisk mixture constantly to dissolve chocolate. Cook for several minutes to let the sauce thicken a bit.

You can serve the dish warm or at room temperature. If serving at room temp, cover the pears and the sauce until ready to serve. If serving warm, grab a dish and dig in!

By the way, the chocolate sauce is fantastic on bread.

Enjoy!