Chocolate Pear Delight

1 tb Butter
1 tb Flour
1/2 c Milk
3 tb Cocoa
2 1/2 tb Sugar
2 Egg yolks
1/4 ts Vanilla
2 Egg whites
1 Fresh Northwest Bosc or Anjou Pear; peeled and sliced

Melt butter; blend in four. Heat milk, cocoa and sugar together until hot, but not boiling; add all at once to flour mixture, stirring constantly. Beat egg yolks until light. Blend small amount of sauce into yolks; add mixture to sauce. Cook and stir over low heat until slightly thickened. Add vanilla. Cover and cool. Beat egg whites until stiff but not dry; fold into cooled chocolate mixture. Lay sliced pears in bottom of buttered 4-cup baking dish; pour chocolate mixture over. Bake at 350 degrees F. 30 minutes or until set. Serve immediately.

Always be sure to use ripe pears.

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