Pick your favorite pastry recipe and make mini tart shells.

Ingredients:

1/3 cup sugar

2 tbsp. cornstarch

1/8 cup sugar

2 tsp. salt

2 cups milk

2 egg yolk slightly beaten

2 tbsp. butter, softened

1tsp. vanilla

In 2-quart saucepan, mix sugar, cornstarch and salt. Gradually stir in milk. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and boils. Boil and stir 1 minute.

Gradually stir at least half of the hot mixture into egg yolks, then stir back into hot mixture in saucepan. Boil and stir 1 minute; remove from heat. Stir in butter and vanilla.

Pour pudding into tart shells, top with pear & chocolate jam, you may want add slice of poached pear and extra chocolate.