Large can pears
1/2-1 pint cream
3 tablespoons mint liqueur or a dew [sic] drops peppermint oil and 1 drop of green colouring
1 oz. semi sweet chocolate
6 oz. black grapes
Method: Drain pears and arrange on platter. Whip cream flavoured with liqueur and spoon onto pears (keeping shape of pears). Sliver the chocolate at room temperature with a potato peeler and sprinkle on pears. Garnish with grapes and set in fridge 2 hours or more. Serve with green lime jelly and ice cream.
Source: contributed by Mrs. Jean Last, Auxiliary Organiser in The Adelaide Children's Hospital Recipe Book 1982 (Adelaide: 1982), p.37.
