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Pizza for dessert? This one is layered with sweet caramelized pears and rich, dark chocolate. It’s a happy ending for any meal. With a serving of fruit and decadent dark chocolate, this recipie from the Food Channel is definitely worth a try!

Ingredients
• 2 small red bartlet pears, thick sliced, seeds and stems removed
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• ½ cup heavy whipping cream
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 12-inch prepared pizza crust, warm
• 1 wedge double cream cheese, thin sliced
• 2 tablespoons sliced almonds, toasted

Preparation

Melt butter in sauté pan; add sugar and pear slices. Sauté over medium-low heat until pears are golden and caramelized.
Combine heavy cream and chocolate in top of double boiler over simmering water and cook until chocolate is smooth and melted; whisking occasionally. Keep warm.
Slice warm pizza crust into 8 pieces.
To assemble each dessert pizza; arrange1 slice pizza crust on plate. Top with 2 cheese slices, 1 pear slice, another slice of pizza crust, 2 cheese slices and 1pear slice. Drizzle warm chocolate sauce over top. Repeat with remaining dessert pizzas.
Foodie Byte: The double dose of cream cheese makes this dessert doubly delish.

This recipe from the Food Channel is every bit as wonderful as green tea truffles available in high-end specialty chocolate shops. The indulgent dark chocolate ganache truffles are infused with the delicate flavor of green tea and rolled in intense matcha green tea powder for Japanese-inspired chocolates with lots of on-trend cache.

Why try? Indulgent chocolate truffles have the health benefits of 70% dark chocolate and antioxidant-rich green tea!

Ingredients
1/3 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon matcha green tea
7 ounces Askinosie San Jose Del Tambo 70% Dark Chocolate, fine chopped, divided
Matcha green tea, as needed to coat truffles

Preparation

Combine cream, sugar and 1/2 teaspoon matcha green tea in nonstick sauce pan and whisk to blend. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly; remove from heat.
Immediately add 5 ounces fine chopped chocolate to hot cream mixture and gently stir to blend. Spread chocolate/cream ganache mixture in shallow dish and refrigerate until firm to touch.
Shape chilled chocolate ganache mixture into balls and arrange on plate or baking sheet lined with wax paper (If chocolate ganache gets too soft to roll into balls, refrigerate briefly).
Freeze truffles until firm.
Melt 2 ounces chopped chocolate in top of double boiler. Dip frozen truffles in chocolate to lightly coat. Cool.
Roll cooled truffles in matcha green tea powder to lightly coat. Store truffles in refrigerator until ready to serve.
Foodie Byte: Matcha green tea, most commonly used in coffeehouse-style beverages such as iced green tea latte and frappuccino, is available in Asian markets and health food stores. Sold in small tins, this intense ground green tea powder adds an exotic fragrant flavor note and edgy contemporary appearance to these rich dark chocolate truffles. For more traditional appearance, roll truffles in Askinosie Natural Cocoa Powder. We used 70% dark chocolate for this bittersweet truffle recipe; for sweeter truffles try 52% dark milk chocolate or white chocolate.

Be sure to use heavy cream in this recipe, half & half cream will curdle if boiled.

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