Chocolate Almond Pear Crisp In A Foil Pouch Rsc Food

PEAR-ALMOND CRISP

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
• Halve the pears and cut into 1/4-inch slices. Place the pear slices in a bowl, sprinkle with the brandy and sugar and gently stir with a wooden spoon to coat evenly. Set aside for 15 to 30 minutes.
• Toast the almonds on a cookie sheet for 7 to 10 minutes or until evenly toasted. Remove and cool. Finely chop the almonds by hand.
• In a mixing bowl combine the flour, brown sugar and cinnamon. Mix in the butter, working with your fingers until the mixture holds together and is crumbly. Stir in the chopped almonds and the crushed amaretti cookies. Set aside.
• Place the pears and their juice in a 12-inch round porcelain tart pan. Spread the almond mixture evenly over them. Bake for 1 hour or until the pears are bubbling and the topping is golden brown. To serve, scoop out the hot crisp into individual dessert bowls and pour 1/2 cup of chilled heavy cream over each portion.

PEAR CRISP WITH ALMONDS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• 2.Pears: Cut pears in half and then into thin slices. Put them in a large bowl and toss with the brown sugar, lemon juice and zest to blend, set aside.
• 3. Topping: Combine flour, brown sugar, salt, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg in a medium bowl. Add the butter and almonds and break them up with your fingers integrating the dry ingredients with the butter and nuts.
• 4. Grease the bottom and sides of a shallow square baking dish (8 square inches) with the remaining tablespoon of butter. Layer the pears in the dish and top evenly with the nut topping. Place the dish in the center of the oven and bake until the pears are tender when pierced with the tip of a knife. The topping should be golden brown as well, about 40-45 minutes. Set aside to cool a few minutes before serving.

CHOCOLATE PEAR CRISP

Steps:

• If you're going to cook this immediately, preheat the oven to 160C/ gas 3 while you cook the pears on the hob. Otherwise you can leave the preheating until you're ready to cook the topping.(e.g. I made my pear filling ahead of time, so heated the oven while I made the topping).
• Peel (if desired), core and chop pears into small chunks.
• Place in a saucepan with lemon juice and sugar. Bring to the boil, then cover and cook for 10 minutes. Uncover and cook for a further 8-10 minutes to allow the liquids to thicken up.
• Divide between 4 ramekins, and if using, top with the liqueur.
• Sift the icing sugar and cocoa together, then stir in the ground almonds.
• Whisk the egg white until stiff, then fold into the dry ingredients. (It also works the other way round -- so don't worry).
• When the cocoa sugar almond mixture is combined with the egg white, it should be a stiff dropping consistency. Top the pear filled ramekins with it, it will spread and puff during cooking so it doesn't have to reach the edges or be enormously neat.
• Bake in the oven at 160 C/gas 3 until the topping is firm to the touch - 20-25 minutes. Serve hot or cold.

FOIL BAKED SALMON WITH PEAR SALSA #RSC

Steps:

• Lay the salmon filets in a shallow glass or ceramic dish, whisk all the marinade ingredients together, pour over the fish and marinate for up to one hour in the fridge.
• For the salsa:.
• Put the diced fruit in a salat bowl, sprinkle with lemon juice to prevent oxidation. Add the diced pepper, jalapenos and the chopped chives, mix well.
• Heat the honey for 20 seconds in the microwave, whisk in the rest of the ingredients and pour over the salsa. Season with salt and pepper to taste and refrigerate until needed.
• Lay out 4 sheets of Heavy Duty Reynolds Wrap, put a piece of fish on one side of each sheet, top each filet with 2 tangerine slices and a pat of butter. Spoon some of the marinade over, fold the second side over and crimp tightly.
• Put the foil packages on a baking sheet and bake at 375F for @ 12 minutes. Open carefully and let the steam escape.
• Prepare four plates with your side dish, lift the salmon filets out of the foil pouch onto the plate, spoon some of the accumulated sauce over and top with a generous amount of salsa.
• Enjoy!