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Chocolate Pear Jalousie

The second of two chocoholic heaven recipes i have posted from a recent issue of the australian 'women's day'. pears and chocolate and hazelnuts: yum! what a winning combination! and it takes only 15 minutes to prepare.

Steps

Preheat oven to hot , 200c , and lightly grease and line a baking tray.
In a small bowl , using an electric beater , beat the butter and sugar together , until they are light and fluffy.
Add the egg yolks , one at a time , beating well after each egg is added.
Gently stir in the hazelnut meal , melted chocolate and hazelnuts.
Cut one sheet of pastry into a 22cm x 24cm.
And , leaving a 2cm border around all sides , cut 6 even slits across the remaining pastry sheet.
Place the trimmed pastry sheet on the prepared tray , spread with the chocolate mixture , leaving a 2cm border , top evenly with pear slices.
Brush around the border with egg white and place the remaining pastry sheet over the filling , press the edges of the pastry together to seal.
Brush the jalousie with the remaining egg white and sprinkle with sugar.
Bake for 25-30 minutes , until the jalousie is golden and serve hot , sliced , with whipped cream.
Melt chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl in microwave oven , o.

Ingredients

butter, caster sugar, egg yolks, hazelnut meal, dark chocolate, toasted hazelnuts, puff pastry, pear halves in natural juice, egg white, raw sugar, whipped cream