Luscious Pears in Raspberry Sauce
photo by Caroline Cooks
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 3 firm bosc pears or 3 bartlett pears
- 1⁄2 cup fresh orange juice
- 1⁄4 cup raspberry jam (homemade or the best quality store bought) or 1/4 cup raspberry jelly (homemade or the best quality store bought)
- 2 tablespoons mirin (can substitute white wine or fruit liquer-optional)
- 1 1 pinch nutmeg or 1 pinch cardamom
- 1 inch piece vanilla pod, slit down the side (my addition)
- 1 pinch salt
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Garnish
- of fresh mint
directions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Cut the pears in half lengthwise, remove seeds, peel and core. Place the pears cut side down in an oven-proof baking dish.
- Combine the juice, jam, mirin (or substitute), cinnamom, nutmeg or cardamom, vanilla pod piece and salt.
- Pour this mixture over the pears; cover baking dish with aluminum foil.
- Bake pears until soft, about 25 minutes.
- Remover the vanilla pod and arrange the pears cut side up on a serving platter. Spoon remaining sauce from the baking dish over the pears. Garnish with mint leaves or verbena leaves if desired.
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Reviews
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This is a 10 star dessert, CG. Amazing blend of flavors work their magic on the pears. Definitely guest-worthy!!! Just a note to others: if your pears are very ripe, as mine were, don't bake as long) Made for CookGirl as being the first to post a photo in Photo Swap-Cooking Photos Forum. BUT I got the best reward--this wonderful recipe!
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