Summer and Autumn
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Dried Pear in Verjuice Syrup and Ginger Hedgehog Recipe

This hedgehog recipe is unlike any other. It's traditionally chocolatey but also fruity and tangy with pear, Verjuice and glace ginger.
Dried Pear in Verjuice Syrup and Ginger Hedgehog Recipe
Ingredients
Units
Units
400g dark chocolate 70% cocoa broken into pieces
180g unsalted butter
You'll need to make:
42ml Dried Pears Poached in Verjuice
You'll need to make:
200g Dried Pears Poached in Verjuice drained
150g gingernut biscuits
1/2 cup glace ginger diced
Methods
1
Line a cake tin 20x 2cm with deep sides with baking paper.
2
Put the chocolate, butter and syrup into a heatproof bowl. Stand the bowl over a pan of just simmering water and leave to melt, stirring occasionally until melted and smooth.
3
Meanwhile roughly chop the pears and crush the gingernuts into very coarse crumbs- need to keep some chunky bits for the texture.
4
Combine the pears, glace ginger and crushed biscuits into a bowl.
5
Pour the melted chocolate mixture over the combined biscuits and pear. Mix well.
6
Pour the mix into the prepared pan smoothing over the top. Leave to cool, then transfer to the refrigerator for several hours to allow it to set completely.
7
To serve remove the slice from the tin and with a hot knife cut into slices or pieces.

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