Roasted Pears With Brown Sugar And Vanilla Ice Cream Food

CARAMELIZED PEARS

Steps:

• In a large skillet, combine brown sugar, butter and cinnamon. Cook over medium heat until sugar is dissolved, stirring occasionally, 4-5 minutes. Add pears; cook and stir until pears are tender, 5-10 minutes longer. Serve over ice cream if desired.

ROASTED PEARS WITH BROWN SUGAR AND VANILLA ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Arrange the pears cut side up in an 8-inch square glass baking dish. Whisk the apple juice and sugar in a small heavy saucepan over medium-high heat until the sugar dissolves. Whisk in the butter. Pour the sauce over the pears. Bake until the pears are crisp-tender and beginning to brown, basting occasionally with the juices, about 35 minutes.
• Spoon the pears onto plates. Top with ice cream. Drizzle with any juices and serve.
• The pears can also be served frozen. To do so, cool the pears, then place them in the freezer until frozen solid, about 8 hours.

ROASTED PEARS AND ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Place the butter in the bottom of a shallow baking dish. Drain off 3/4 of the liquids from each can ¿ pears should remain wet but not swimming in syrup. Add pears to the dish and season with lemon zest, nutmeg and crystallized ginger then roast 20 minutes. Serve warm pears with scoops of French vanilla ice cream on top, garnish with lemon twist.

ROASTED PEARS WITH CARDAMOM GRANOLA AND VANILLA ICE CREAM

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Put the granola, brown sugar, flour, cardamom, cinnamon, and butter in a bowl, mix the ingredients with finger tips until the butter is well incorporated.
• Arrange the pears, skin-side down in a heavy 9 by 9-inch baking dish. Spoon and press the granola mixture on the pears. Place the dish in the oven until the granola mixture is golden brown and pears are tender, approximately 30 minutes.
• Remove the baking dish from the oven and serve with vanilla ice cream.

ROASTED PEARS WITH VANILLA & GRAND MARNIER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
• Remove the yellow peel from the lemon in 1/2 inch strips and place them in a shallow baking dish that is large enough to hold all the pears.
• Using a small paring knife, cut out about 3/4 of each pear's core from the bottom, leaving the pear intact.
• Squeeze the lemon juice into a bowl.
• Using a basting brush, brush the inside of each pear with lemon juice and sprinkle it with sugar.
• Brush each pear with melted butter.
• Place remaining sugar on a large cutting board or a sheet of waxed paper.
• Roll each pear in sugar so it is evenly coated and place in the baking dish.
• Slice vanilla bean lengthwise down the center and scrape out the seeds.
• Place the seeds and pod in the baking dish.
• Add the water and Grand Marnier.
• Bake the pears for 45 minutes, basting occasionally with the liquid in the dish.
• If they're getting too brown, loosely cover with foil.
• Serve with leftover syrup and vanilla ice cream.

HONEY ROASTED PEARS WITH BRANDY VANILLA ICE CREAM

Steps:

• For the brandy ice cream:.
• Stir together the ice cream and the brandy until well blended. Freeze until serving time.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• For the pears:.
• Halve, peel and core pears. Immediately sprinkle with lemon juice to prevent browning. In a large, rimmed baking pan, mix the remaining lemon juice with the butter, honey and vanilla. Stir in the orange and lemon zest, and the spices. With a small, sharp knife, score the rounded part of each pear half diagonally in one direction, then the other, to form a diamond pattern. Place pears cut side down in baking pan. Spoon honey mixture over pears.
• Bake pears 40-45 minutes, basting them with pan juices every 10 minutes or so, until the are very soft when pierced. Place one pear half on each plate and place scoops of ice cream around them. Garnish with the lemon and orange slices.

BROWN SUGAR PEARS

Steps:

• Melt butter in large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add brown sugar; stir 1 minute. Add pear slices and lemon juice; cook until pears begin to release juice and syrup forms in skillet, turning pear slices frequently, about 3 minutes. (Can be made 2 hours ahead. Let stand at room temperature. Rewarm before using.)

BAKED PEARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Cut top quarter of pears off; create a well by scooping out the core, being careful not to puncture the bottom of the pear. Arrange pears in a shallow baking dish.
• Drizzle maple syrup over pears. Place 1 tablespoon brown sugar and 1 tablespoon butter in each pear; sprinkle with cinnamon.
• Bake in preheated oven until pears are easily pierced with a fork, 35 to 50 minutes. Serve with ice cream.

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.

ROASTED PEARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Peel, if you wish (I leave them unpeeled) Slice pear in half lengthwise, scoop out seeds to make a nice circle. Spray with veggies spray and set aside in a gratin dish sprayed with veggie spray, cut side up.
• In a small bowl mix together, cream cheese, salt, nutmeg and 1 teaspoon honey. Fill each pear half cavity with half of the cheese mixture.
• Place a half walnut on top of the cheese mixture; lightly press it down. Drizzle pear halves with remaining teaspoon of honey.
• On centre grate in oven, roast at 350°F for about 1 hour or until soft. Test with a toothpick at about 45 minutes.