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Pears roasted in a vanilla-butterscotch sauce
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Prep Time:
10 minutes
Cook Time:
50 minutes
Total Time:
60 minutes
Enhance desserts and tea-time treats with the divine simplicity of vanilla spice.
Ingredients:
  • 4 buerre bosc pears, peeled
  • 500ml water
  • 125ml brandy
  • 200g brown sugar
  • 1 vanilla bean, split
  • 2 cinnamon sticks
  • 4 star anise
  • 80g butter, chopped
  • 125ml cream
  • Vanilla ice-cream, to serve
Instructions:
  • Preheat your oven to 160°C. Combine pears, water, brandy, remaining sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, and star anise in a saucepan. Cover with a piece of baking paper to keep the pears submerged. Simmer on medium heat for 20 minutes until pears are tender. Remove from heat when done.
  • In a saucepan over high heat, meld the butter, cream, leftover sugar, and 1/2 cup (125ml) of the poaching liquid. Stir continuously for 5 minutes until the mixture slightly thickens. Take it off the heat.
  • Transfer the pears to a roasting pan using a slotted spoon. Surround the pears with cinnamon, vanilla bean, and star anise. Drizzle with butterscotch sauce. Roast in the preheated oven, occasionally basting and turning in sauce, until pears are tender and golden, about 30 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes before serving.
  • Divide the pears and sauce among bowls and top with ice cream, if desired.

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