Joyce's Pears Supreme

Name: Joyce's Pears Supreme
Prep time: 8 h 30 min
Cook time: 8 h 30 min
Total time: 8 h 30 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps butter, melted; 237 milliliters confectioners sugar; 1 pasteurized egg, beaten; 237 milliliters heavy whipping cream; 850 grams pear halves, drained; 1 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder, or as needed; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Joyce's Pears Supreme is If you have butter, confectioners' sugar, heavy whipping cream, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 8 hours and 30 minutes.

Instructions

Layer half the drained pears into the bottom of a glass baking dish with flat sides up. Fill the hollow in each pear with 1 or 2 pinches of cocoa powder.

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Cocoa Powder

Pear

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Glass Baking Pan

Place remaining pears on top of the first ones with flat sides down and hold the pear halves together with toothpicks. Refrigerate pears overnight.

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Pear

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Toothpicks

Before serving, whip cream in a chilled metal bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until cream is fluffy and forms soft peaks when beaters are lifted straight up, about 5 minutes. Reduce mixer speed to medium and beat pasteurized egg, confectioners' sugar, melted butter, and vanilla extract into the whipped cream to make a foamy sauce.

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Powdered Sugar