Caramelized Ginger Pear Cheesecake Recipes

QUICK & EASY CARAMELIZED PEARS

Steps:

• In a large skillet, melt butter over medium-high. Add pears, one cut side down, and cook until browned, then reduce heat to medium and cook 3 minutes. Turn pears to other cut side and cook 4 minutes. Add sugar and 1 tablespoon water, swirling pan to combine. Turn pears skin side down and cook until sauce is thickened slightly, 2 minutes. Stir in vanilla and pinch of salt. Serve warm with ice cream.

CARAMELIZED GINGER-PEAR CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 450°F.
• Combine gingersnap crumbs and butter; press onto bottom and 1 inch up side of 10-inch springform pan.
• Beat cream cheese and 1/2 cup sugar in large bowl with mixer until blended. Add sour cream and vanilla; mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each just until blended. Pour into crust.
• Bake 10 min. Reduce oven temperature to 250°F; continue baking 20 to 25 min. or until center is almost set. Cool 10 min. Run knife around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool completely.
• Arrange pears over cheesecake. Mix remaining sugar and 2 Tbsp. reserved pear liquid in large saucepan. Cook, without stirring, on medium-high heat until sugar is dissolved and syrup turns a deep golden color. (Do not over cook.) Remove from heat. Combine ginger and 2 Tbsp. of the remaining reserved pear liquid; carefully add to the hot sugar mixture, stirring until blended. (Syrup will bubble up. Be careful.) Immediately drizzle over cheesecake. Refrigerate 4 hours or until chilled.

CIDER-ROASTED CARAMELIZED PEARS WITH CANDIED GINGER

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. In a large nonstick ovenproof skillet, melt the coconut oil over high heat. Sprinkle the pears generously with sugar and place, cut-side down, in the skillet; cook until caramelized, about 10 minutes. Turn the pears over and pour in the apple cider; roast in the oven until tender, about 25 minutes. Transfer the pears to a platter. Place the skillet with the pan juices on the stovetop and cook over high heat until reduced to a syrup, about 5 minutes. To serve, drizzle the syrup over the pears and top with the candied ginger.

PEAR-GINGERSNAP CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Fill a roasting pan halfway with water and set on a rack in the lower third of the oven; position another rack in the middle and preheat to 325 degrees F. Wrap the outside (bottom and side) of a 9-inch springform pan with foil. Make the crust: Pulse the gingersnaps in a food processor until finely ground. Add the melted butter and brown sugar and pulse to combine. Press into the bottom and about 1 inch up the side of the prepared pan; set aside.
• Prepare the pears: Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the pears, sprinkle with the granulated sugar and cook, stirring occasionally, until the pears are tender and lightly browned around the edges, 5 to 7 minutes. Add the molasses and continue cooking until syrupy, about 2 more minutes; set aside.
• Make the filling: Beat the Neufchatel cheese and granulated sugar in a large bowl with a mixer on medium speed until smooth and creamy, about 2 minutes. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the vanilla and flour and beat until just combined, then add the sour cream and beat until smooth, about 1 more minute.
• Pour the filling into the prepared crust. Gently arrange the pear slices on top; set aside any extra molasses syrup at room temperature for serving. Transfer the cheesecake to the oven, placing it on the middle rack directly over the water bath. Bake until lightly browned and set around the edge but the center still jiggles slightly, about 1 hour 15 minutes. Transfer to a rack and let cool to room temperature, then cover and refrigerate until cold and set, at least 6 hours or overnight. Let the cheesecake sit at room temperature 20 minutes, then run a thin knife around the edge and remove the springform ring. Drizzle with the remaining molasses syrup.

CARAMELIZED PEARS

Steps:

• Squeeze juice from lemon.
• Measure and reserve 1 tblsp of juice; add remaining juice to cold water in large bowl.
• Pare, quarter and core one pear at a time and place in acidulated water.
• Drain pears; pat dry with paper toweling.
• Heat butter in large skillet over medium-high heat.
• When foam subsides, add pears; increase heat to high.
• Saute pears until just golden on all sides, about 10 minutes.
• Add wine.
• Boil and cook until wine is reduced to thick glaze, about 5 minutes.
• Sprinkle pears with sugar and reserved lemon juice.
• Cook, stirring gently, over medium heat, until pears are lightly glazed.
• Give a good grind (but not too much) of coarse black pepper.
• Serve warm with a dollop of crème fraiche.

MA TANTE'S CARAMELIZED PEAR & GINGER TART

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Peel and slice pears,
• Caramelize the pears in butter and 3 tbsps sugar. Cook until a nice golden brown and set aside to cool.
• Arrange the cooled, caramelized pears nicely in the unbaked pie crust.
• Blend together the eggs, remaining sugar, minced candied ginger, cream, ground almonds and pear brandy or nectar.
• Pour the custard mixture over the pears and place in a preheated oven and bake for 25 - 30 minutes. (or until done)
• Let rest for 10 minutes before serving -- this is equally as good cold as it is warm.
• When ready garnish with a large dollop of whipped cream and sprinkle remaining shredded candied ginger overtop.
• Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy!