
Simple, fast and beautiful. I like to serve this on a large red soup dish, giving it a dramatic look If you like nuts, add some toasted pecans as garnish. |
ripe pears |
6 – skin removed, sliced into 8 sections |
vanilla bean |
1 – optional |
cinnamon |
1/8 teaspoon |
nutmeg |
1/8 teaspoon (preferably fresh) |
ginger |
1 tablespoon fresh grated or 1/2 teaspoon ground |
sweet wine (Muscat) |
1/2 cup |
brown sugar |
2 tablespoons |
butter |
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vanilla ice cream |
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chocolate |
enough to shave on each serving |
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• Heat sauté pan with butter
• Scrape the meat from the vanilla bean into the butter
• Add pears and all the spices and sauté until tender — 5 minutes
• Add brown sugar
• Sauté until sugar had melted and coated the pears
• Remove pan from heat and add Muscat
• Return pan to heat and turn up flame to high
• Let reduce until a smooth syrup coats pears
• Place ice cream in the middle of the plate
• Tops with pears and shave chocolate |
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