BBC Food - Recipes - Braised beef cheeks with pear and bitter chocolate sauce

Ingredients

• 85g/3oz dried white beans
• 2 bay leaves
• sprig of rosemary
• sea salt
• small knob of butter
• 200ml/7fl oz double cream , heated to a boil
• 2 pears
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• 2 beef cheeks, trimmed and cut into 4 equal-sized pieces
• oil , for frying
• 1 onion , sliced
• 1 garlic clove, sliced
• 125ml/4fl oz port
• 1 orange , juice and zest
• 1 litre/2 pints beef stock
• 1 tbsp cracked black pepper
• 16 button onions , peeled
• 50g/1¾oz butter
• 60g/2¼oz chocolate , 70% cocoa solids, broken into squares