Baked Pears with Sauternes Custard Sauce

Name: Baked Pears with Sauternes Custard Sauce
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 8 firm-ripe Bartlett pears; 6 larges egg yolks; 59 milliliters granulated sugar; 1 teaspoons finely grated fresh lemon zest; 118 milliliters packed light brown sugar; 1 teaspoons finely grated fresh orange zest; 118 milliliters raisins, chopped

Baked Pears with Sauternes Custard Sauce might be just the side dish you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains roughly 3g of protein, 4g of fat, and a total of 259 calories. This recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 8. A mixture of brown sugar, egg yolks, granulated sugar, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, and vegetarian diet.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375°F.

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Oven

Peel pears, leaving stems intact, then core from bottom using a melon-ball cutter or a sharp small knife. Stir together raisins, brown sugar, zests, and 2 tablespoons

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Brown Sugar

Raisins

Melon

Pear

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Knife

Sauternes and fill pear cavities with mixture. Stand pears upright in a buttered baking dish just large enough to hold them and pour remaining cup

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Sauternes

Pear

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Baking Pan

Sauternes over pears.

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Sauternes

Pear

Cover dish tightly with foil and bake in middle of oven until tender, 30 to 40 minutes.

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Oven

Aluminum Foil

Transfer pears to a serving dish or plates using a metal spatula to hold filling in place and pour cooking liquid through a sieve into a bowl.

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Pear

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Spatula

Sieve

Bowl

Whisk together yolks and granulated sugar in a large metal bowl and add hot cooking liquid in a stream, whisking constantly. Put bowl over a pan of barely simmering water and vigorously whisk, or beat with a handheld electric mixer, until mixture is tripled in volume and registers 160°F on an instant-read thermometer, 3 to 5 minutes.

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Granulated Sugar

Water

Egg Yolk

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Hand Mixer

Whisk

Kitchen Thermometer

Bowl

Frying Pan

Serve pears warm with sauce.

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Pear

Sauce

• Pears may be baked 1 day ahead, cooled, then chilled, covered. Reheat in cooking liquid, covered, in a 350°F oven until heated through, about 15 minutes, before making sauce.

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Pear

Sauce

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Oven