Pear Banana Berry Bake Food

PEAR BANANA BERRY BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C.)
• In a 1 1/2 quart casserole dish, mix pears, cranberries, bananas, orange juice, sugar, salt and 1/8 teaspoon cloves. Mix lightly.
• In a small bowl, mix brown sugar, flour, oats, remaining 1/8 teaspoon cloves and orange rind. Cut in butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over fruit.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes, or until top is golden brown. Serve at room temperature.

PEAR AND BERRY NAPOLEON

Steps:

• For the Pears: Put wine, juice, cinnamon, lemon juice, and sugar substitute in a pot, and bring to a boil. Take off the heat and add some clear glaze to slightly thicken the mixture. Add the sliced pears to the mixture and cool.
• Pastry Cream: Bring to a boil the milk, margarine, and split vanilla bean. Combine eggbeaters, sugar, and cornstarch and add to boiled milk. Cook until thick. Fold pastry cream with some whipped cream.
• Napoleon Sheets: Cut phyllo into rectangle shape. Spray each layer with vegetable spray (4 layers total). Sprinkle top with sugar substitute and bake until golden brown. Each set of Napoleon requires 3 rectangles per order.
• Pear and Berry Napoleon Assembly: In the center of a plate, layer a dollop of pastry cream, a phyllo square, a dollop of cream and berries. Repeat with another phyllo square, pastry cream, and berries. Top with phyllo square and a light sprinkle of powdered sugar. Spoon pears around. Repeat with remaining ingredients.

BANANA PEAR CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Peel and core pear. Mash the pear and bananas together. Stir in vanilla, rum and buttermilk. Set aside.
• Whisk flours, salt, baking soda together in a bowl and set aside.
• Cream butter and sugars together with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Reduce the mixer speed to low. Beat in half the flour mixture until just incorporated, followed by one-third of the banana mixture, continue to alternate until all ingredients are incorporated and the batter looks thick and chunky. Be careful not to over mix.
• Pour the batter into a prepared 9 inch springform pan. Top with chopped pecans.
• Bake for 35 - 45 minutes.

PEAR BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Mash bananas and pears in a bowl.
• In a separate bowl, mix the rest of the ingredients until creamed together.
• Stir in the fruit mixture.
• Pour the batter into a greased loaf pan.
• Bake for an hour and half.
• Let cool for at least 10 minutes so it doesn't fall apart (it solidifies more with time).

BAKED ASIAN PEAR AND BANANA WITH DATE SAUCE AND WALNUTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Put pear wedges in an 8-inch baking dish. Cover with foil, and bake until beginning to soften, about 20 minutes. Add banana; dot with butter. Bake, uncovered, until fruit is softened and pale golden, 20 to 25 minutes more.
• Process dates, lemon juice, and cinnamon in a food processor until dates are coarsely chopped. With machine running, gradually add 1 cup cold water; process until smooth. Transfer to a saucepan. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat; cook until thickened, 3 to 5 minutes. Serve immediately, or refrigerate, airtight, up to 2 days; reheat before serving.
• Divide fruit between 2 plates. Drizzle with date sauce; sprinkle with walnuts. Top each with 2 tablespoons yogurt.