CARAMEL PEARS
Try caramel pears instead of caramel apples this Halloween or fall! We used a shortcut to make our caramel sauce - simply microwave soft caramel candies with some half-and-half and get dipping! Pouring your caramel sauce into a wide mug and dipping your pears directly inside it also saves you the hassle of a messy cleanup afterwards.
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Time 30m
Yield 4 caramel pears
Number Of Ingredients 0
Steps:
- Microwave 10 ounces unwrapped soft caramels with 1 tablespoon half-and-half, stirring every 20 seconds, until smooth. Pour into a wide mug, then quickly dip 4 pears in the caramel, sprinkle with chopped pistachios and let set on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
POACHED PEARS BELLE HELENE
They say Auguste Escoffier created this dish in honor of the opera, La Belle Helene, but we chefs know the real reason. How else are you going to use up bruised pears in such a delicious and beautiful way?
Provided by Chef John
Categories World Cuisine Recipes European French
Time 3h
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Place water in a heavy pot. Stir in zest and juice of 1 lemon. Place pears in pot. Split the vanilla bean lengthwise and scrape out the seeds. Add the seeds and split pods to the poaching liquid. Pour in sugar.
- Bring pot to a simmer over medium-high heat; stir gently to dissolve sugar with minimal jostling of the pears. Reduce heat so pears continue cooking over a steady, gentle simmer. Pears need to stay submerged, so place a small plate over them in the pot to keep them under the liquid. Simmer until pears are just tender, 20 to 25 minutes. (Remove plate to test the pears for doneness.) Remove pot from heat and let pears cool to room temperature in the poaching liquid.
- Transfer pears and vanilla beans to a storage container and cover with some of the poaching liquid. Cover and refrigerate until pears are thoroughly chilled, several hours or overnight. Reserve all of the poaching liquid (see footnote).
- Heat hot fudge sauce in a saucepan over medium heat until warm. Dip base of pear into the chocolate and spoon chocolate along the sides except for the top inch or so of the pear.
- Place dipped pears in individual serving bowls with another generous spoonful of syrup and a small scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1060 calories, Carbohydrate 240.9 g, Cholesterol 14.5 mg, Fat 13.5 g, Fiber 8.8 g, Protein 4.2 g, SaturatedFat 6.5 g, Sodium 252.1 mg, Sugar 212.7 g
CARAMEL PEAR
Steps:
- In a martini shaker filled with ice, combine the vodka, juice and simple syrup. Shake well and strain into a martini glass. Garnish with a slice of pear.
- In a pot combine the sugar, water, and spices. Bring up to a simmer, stirring occasionally until all the sugar has dissolved. Pour the mixture thorough a strainer and discard the whole spices.
PEARS BELLE HELENE
Provided by Nigella Lawson : Food Network
Categories dessert
Time 1h
Yield 4 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Peel, halve, and core the pears and sprinkle over them the lemon juice to stop them from discoloring. In a wide shallow pan (in which the pears will fit in 1 layer - otherwise cook them in batches) put 1 1/4 cups water, the sugar, and the vanilla bean, if using. Bring to a boil, stirring every now and again to make sure the sugar dissolves, then lower the heat slightly and simmer for 5 minutes. Add the vanilla extract, if using. Put the pears into the liquid, cut side down, and raise the heat again so that the syrup boils up and the pears are covered by it. You may need to spoon the syrup over. After half a minute or so, lower the heat, then cover the pan and simmer for 10 minutes; turn the pears, cover the pan again, and simmer for another 10 minutes. Continue poaching until the pears are cooked and translucent; they should feel tender (but not soggy) when pierced. They may need more or less cooking time - it depends on the pears. Take off the heat, keep covered, and leave to cool.
- Now the chocolate sauce: place the chocolate, broken up into small pieces, in a thick-bottomed pan with the coffee and sugar and melt over a low heat, stirring occasionally. Then pour in the cream, still stirring, and when it is very hot pour into a warmed sauceboat or a bowl with a ladle.
- To serve, arrange pears cut side down on a big flat plate and pour some syrup over. (Any remaining syrup will keep in the refrigerator or freezer and can be used to pour over apples or other fruit when making pies or crumbles. You can wash the vanilla pod, wipe it and put it in a canister of sugar.) Offer with ice cream, sauce, and pistachios, if using, served separately; allow diners to help themselves.
CARAMEL PEARS BELLE HELENE
A delicately decadent dessert - elegant yet easy enough to prepare for your most honoured guests! Found on FoodNetwork. Courtesy of Simple French Desserts by Jill O'Connor. "This classic French dessert is enriched by poaching the pears in a caramelized sugar syrup spiked with fresh ginger and Poire William, a heady pear brandy. You can drizzle caramel sauce over the pears and ice cream instead of the more traditional chocolate sauce." I'm thinking the caramel sounds lovely!
Provided by Mommy Diva
Categories Dessert
Time 45m
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Peel the ginger and cut into 1/4-inch-thick disks.
- In a deep saucepan large enough to hold the pear halves in a single layer, combine the ginger, sugar, and 1/2 cup of the water.
- Bring to a boil over high heat; Cook the syrup until it turns a medium amber brown.
- Remove the pan from heat and carefully add the remaining 2 1/2 cups water.
- Stir until the caramel is completely dissolved then add the vanilla bean to the syrup.
- Peel the pears, leaving the stems intact and cut the pears in half lengthwise.
- Use a melon baller to remove the central core;Draw the melon baller from the core to the top of the pear, removing the interior stem, up to the top of the pear.
- Add the pears to the caramel syrup.
- Simmer and cook the pears, uncovered, until they are tender but not mushy when pierced with a sharp knife, 15 to 20 minutes (the length of poaching time depends on the ripeness of the fruit).
- Stir in the pear brandy, if using.
- Remove the pan from heat and let the pears cool to room temperature in the poaching liquid.
- The pears can be served immediately, or covered and refrigerated in the poaching liquid for up to 2 days.
- To serve, drain the pears and place each pear half on a dessert plate.
- Place a scoop of vanilla ice cream alongside or on top of the poached pear. Drizzle with caramel sauce (or chocolate if preferred).
- Sprinkle with the pistachios and serve immediately.
- Enjoy! :).
Nutrition Facts : Calories 261.6, Fat 6.4, SaturatedFat 3.5, Cholesterol 21.8, Sodium 43.4, Carbohydrate 51, Fiber 3.3, Sugar 44.3, Protein 2.5
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