- desired amount of pears from braised pear recipe
- leftover wine mixture from same recipe
- 1/4 cup van gogh double espresso vodka
- 1/2 cup fat free/sugar free chocolate syrup
pour wine mixture into saucepan, bring to a boil and reduce, adding vodka about halfway into the process. i started with about a cup of the wine mixture, reduced it by half, added the vodka and reduced again. once you are down to a slightly thickened, dark mixture, (about a half cup, and be careful not to scald!) turn off the burner and whisk in chocolate sauce. (this was a spur of the moment idea. had i thought it out, i may have actually used dark chocolate, melted in a double boiler.)
heat the pears in microwave, if desired. serve with a small scoop of ice cream and chocolate topping. of course, we each had a shot of the vodka over ice as well.
