Last-minute guests? This pear-chocolate gratin comes together in under 20 minutes — an easy, indulgent dessert that's sure to impress without the stress.
Prep time: 15 min · Cook time: 15 min · Serves 4
Ingredients
- 4 pears
- 60 g almond flour
- 3 eggs
- 25 cl light cream
- 60 g flour
- 50 g sugar
- 100 g dark chocolate
How Do You Make This Quick Gratin?
- Peel the pears and cut them in half, remove the cores.
- Mix the almond flour, cream, eggs and sugar in a bowl.
- Melt the chocolate in the microwave for 2 minutes.
- Add the melted chocolate to the liquid mixture.
- Divide the mixture among ramekins, adding two pear halves to each dish.
- Bake for 15 minutes at 180°C.
More Quick Dessert Ideas
Quick desserts have everything going for them: little to no cooking, simple techniques, few ingredients and utensils. Chocolate creams, apple compote or floating islands with pralines can easily round out a last-minute table. On the cake side, an all-chocolate cake, homemade clafoutis or crumbles come together just as fast — and even a fraisier can be made quickly, with the right recipe.
Another trick for going even faster: the microwave, as with this white chocolate fondant ready in 15 minutes. Mug cakes — a cake baked directly in a mug — are another clever option: no weighing needed, a very quick bake, and just three utensils (a spoon to measure, a fork to mix, and a mug to serve).
