Dark chocolate and pear friands

Ingredients

150 g	Butter, melted
1 cup	Ground almonds (Main)
4	Egg whites, lightly whisked (Main)
½ cup	Plain flour (Main)
1 cup	Icing sugar
80 g	Dark chocolate, roughly chopped (Main)
3	Pears, 2 halved, cored and finely chopped. Plus an extra half to finely slice. (Main)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 180C. Grease gem trays or muffin pans.
2. Using a large bowl, tip in the butter, almonds, egg whites, icing sugar and flour, then stir until just combined.
3. Stir through the chocolate and the 2 chopped pears, reserving the sliced extra half.
4. Spoon into the trays and bake for 10 minutes then top with slices of pear and continue cooking for a further 10-15 minutes.