Caramelized Pears with Spiced Ice Cream

Name: Caramelized Pears with Spiced Ice Cream
Prep time: 1 h 11 min
Cook time: 1 h 11 min
Total time: 1 h 11 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps sliced almonds, toasted; 3 ripe Bosc pears; 1 Tbsp butter, melted; 0 teaspoons ground allspice or ground cinnamon; 2 Tbsps honey; 1 teaspoon lemon juice; 355 milliliters vanilla reduced-fat ice cream, softened; 237 milliliters pear nectar; 59 milliliters Riesling or other slightly sweet white wine or pear nectar; 1 Tbsp sugar; 3 inches vanilla bean, split lengthwise

Need a gluten free and vegetarian side dish? Caramelized Pears with Spiced Ice Cream could be an excellent recipe to try. One portion of this dish contains around 3g of protein, 6g of fat, and a total of 220 calories. This recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 6. It is perfect for Summer. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 11 minutes. If you have ground cinnamon, bosc pears, honey, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Combine ice cream and allspice in a freezer-safe container; stir well. Cover; freeze 2 hours or until firm.

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Ice Cream

Allspice

Preheat oven to 37

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Oven

Peel and core pears; cut each pear in half lengthwise, leaving stems intact.

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Pear

Place pears, cut sides down, in a 13 x 9-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray.

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Cooking Spray

Pear

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Baking Pan

Brush pear halves with lemon juice; drizzle with melted butter.

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Lemon Juice

Butter

Pear

Place pear nectar in a small saucepan. Scrape seeds from vanilla bean; add seeds and bean to nectar. Stir in honey. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally.

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Vanilla Bean

Pear Nectar

Nectar

Honey

Seeds

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Pour boiling mixture over pears. Cover loosely with foil; bake at 375 for 35 minutes, basting frequently with cooking liquid. Uncover; turn pears over. Stir in wine.

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Pear

Wine

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Aluminum Foil

Bake, uncovered, 10 minutes, basting occasionally with cooking liquid.

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Remove pears from oven.

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Pear

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Preheat broiler.

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While broiler preheats, discard vanilla bean. Turn pears, cut sides down, and sprinkle with sugar. Broil 3 to 5 minutes or until sugar is caramelized (add additional pear nectar, as needed, if liquid boils away).

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Vanilla Bean

Pear Nectar

Pear

Sugar

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Broiler

Remove pears from oven; let stand 5 minutes.

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Pear

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Oven

Place pear halves in each of 6 dessert dishes; drizzle cooking liquid evenly over each pear. Top each pear half with 1/4 cup ice cream, and sprinkle each with 1 teaspoon almonds.

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Ice Cream

Almonds