Bartlett Pear And Black Pepper Frozen Yogurt Recipes

BARTLETT PEAR CRISP

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients, except the butter, and place into a well buttered casserole dish
• Dot teaspoons of butter on top
• Preheat oven to 350ºF, lining oven with foil, or place a cookie sheet with parchment under the wrack to catch any boiled over bits if your dish isn't deep enough
• Combine flour, sugar, rolled oats and butter. Mix well with fork or fingers and sprinkle over pear slices, leaving cracks for steam to escape (do not press crumbs into slices)
• Bake at 350ºF until golden brown, about 45 - 55 minutes
• Serve warm with vanilla bean ice cream and a sprig of fresh mint from your garden (extra delish with the mint!

BLACK-PEPPER FROZEN YOGURT

Steps:

• Heat sugar and pepper in a 2- to 3-quart heavy saucepan over medium heat, stirring with a fork to heat sugar evenly, until it starts to melt, then stop stirring and cook, swirling pan occasionally so sugar melts evenly, until it is pale golden. Remove from heat.
• Whisk together cornstarch and milk, then add to caramel with 1/4 teaspoon salt (mixture will bubble and steam). Simmer, stirring, until caramel has dissolved and mixture is slightly thickened, 2 to 4 minutes. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl, then whisk in yogurt. Chill until cold, about 8 hours.
• Freeze in ice cream maker, then transfer to an airtight container and put in freezer to firm up.

BARTLETT PEAR AND BLACK PEPPER FROZEN YOGURT

Steps:

• Place yogurt in a fine strainer set over a bowl. Refrigerate for about 1 hour, until about 1 cup liquid had drained from the yogurt. Discard liquid; set yogurt aside.
• Meanwhile, peel core, and chop pears into 1/2-inch pieces. Combine pears, sugar, lemon juice, vanilla bean, peppercorns, and bay leaf in a medium saucepan and simmer over medium-low heat until the syrup thickens and pears are very soft, about 25 minutes. Remove and discard the vanilla bean and bay leaf.
• Set a medium bowl in an ice-water bath. Transfer pear mixture to a food processor and puree until smooth, about 2 minutes. Pass puree through a fine strainer into the bowl over the ice bath, discarding solids. Let stand until chilled.
• Remove from ice-water bath; whisk yogurt into pear mixture. Transfer to an ice cream maker and freeze according to manufacturer's instructions. If necessary, do this in 2 batches, keeping remainder refrigerated while freezing first batch.

CINNAMON PEAR FROZEN YOGURT

Steps:

• Drain pears, reserving 1/2 cup of juice. Puree pears in food processor or blender.
• Combine pears, reserved juice, yogurt, sugar, cinnamon and allspice in canister of ice cream maker. Freeze according to manufacturers' directions.