Fiesta Pear Dessert

Name: Fiesta Pear Dessert
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 4 Bartlett pears, cored and diced; 1 Tbsp cornstarch; 6 8-inchs (8 inch) flour tortillas; 118 milliliters graham cracker crumbs; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 59 milliliters honey; 1 teaspoon lemon zest; 118 milliliters chopped pecans; 946 milliliters vanilla ice cream; 946 milliliters vegetable oil for frying; 1 Tbsp white sugar

Fiesta Pear Dessert requires around 45 minutes from start to finish. For $2.3 per serving, you get a dessert that serves 6. One portion of this dish contains roughly 11g of protein, 43g of fat, and a total of 834 calories. If you have vanillan ice cream, lemon zest, honey, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is a good option if you're following a dairy free diet.

Instructions

To Prepare Tortilla Shells: In a deep fryer bring oil to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

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Tortilla

Pasta Shells

Cooking Oil

Equipment you will use

Deep Fryer

Place one tortilla in the hot oil gently pressing the center with a wooden spoon or ladle until the tortilla forms a cup. Gently turn and fry each tortilla separately until golden brown on both sides.

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Tortilla

Cooking Oil

Equipment you will use

Wooden Spoon

Ladle

Combine pears, sugar, cornstarch, 1 teaspoon cinnamon and lemon zest. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil; cook 1 minute longer.

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Corn Starch

Lemon Zest

Cinnamon

Pear

Sugar

Let mixture cool.

Combine cookie crumbs, pecans and remaining cinnamon. Form ice cream into 4 - 6 balls; roll in crumb mixture to coat.

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Cookie Crumbs

Ice Cream

Cinnamon

Pecans

Roll

Place an ice cream ball in each fried tortilla shell. Top with the cooled pear mixture. Fried tortilla shells can be brushed with honey and dusted with ground cinnamon and sugar before filling, if desired.

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Ground Cinnamon

Ice Cream

Tortilla

Pasta Shells

Honey