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Chocolate and pear torte (recipes) and Chuan Leekpai (sh)


Chocolate and pear torte (recipes)








Serves 8



Preparation time

30 mins to 1 hour



Cooking time

10 to 30 mins

















Ingredients



100g/3½oz gram flour and 100g/3½oz rice or potato flour, OR 200g/7oz gluten-free and wheat-free flour1 level tsp xanthan gum (available in Health Food stores and in some supermarkets)110g/4oz dairy-free margarine OR butter (cow or goat) if you can eat it30ml/1fl oz cold water350ml/12fl oz cows' , soya or rice milk (rice milk will be rather thinner and sweeter)15g/½oz cornflour80g/3oz dark dairy-free chocolate (70% cocoa solids minimum)2 tbsp Cointreau, Grand Marnier or brandy 3 ripe pears



Method



1. Sift the flour or flours with the xanthan gum into the bowl of a Food processor. 2. Cut the margarine or butter into the flour and blend it until it resembles breadcrumbs.3. Add the water and blend again; if it looks dry, add a little more water. Blend until the dough forms a ball.4. Remove from the processor, wrap and chill for 30 minutes.5. Pre-heat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. 6. Remove the pastry from the fridge. Roll it out onto a well floured board and line a 20-25cm/8-9in loose-bottomed flan tin. The pastry will be quite soft, so you may need to patch any bits that tear. Line the pastry with greaseproof paper and weight with Baking beans. 7. Bake for 15 minutes then remove the beans and paper and bake for a further 10 minutes to crisp the pastry. Cool.8. Meanwhile, gradually mix whichever milk you are using into the cornflour and heat slowly, stirring continually until it thickens. Cook for a minute or two then remove from the heat. 9. Break up 60g/2½oz of the chocolate and add it to the cornflour mix, stirring until it is all melted. 10. Stir in the liqueur or brandy.11. Quarter the pears, core and peel them and arrange them, pointed side to the middle, in the flan dish.12. Spoon the chocolate sauce over the pears and allow to cool entirely.13. Grate over the remaining chocolate before serving.



Chuan Leekpai (sh)




born July 28, 1938, Muang district, Trang province, Thai.

Prime minister of Thailand (1992-95, 1997-2001).

Son of a schoolteacher, he became a lawyer and was first elected a member of Parliament in 1969. He served in various capacities in the government and was first made prime minister in 1992 after his predecessor resigned in the wake of street violence brought on by Thailand's worsening economic crisis. He lost elections in 1995 largely because his government was seen as plodding and slow, but he was returned to power in 1997; he stepped down in 2001 after his party had lost in national parliamentary elections. He was Thailand's first prime minister to come to power without either aristocratic or military backing.