Best Baked Pears With Marsala Honey Syrup Recipes

Marsala Honey Pears with Gorgonzola image

Provided by Nigella Lawson : Food Network

Categories dessert

Time 15m

Yield 6 to 8 servings

Number Of Ingredients 6

2 pears (approximately 1 pound total weight) each cut into 1/8's unpeeled and uncored)
2 tablespoons olive oil (regular, not extra-virgin)
3 tablespoons Marsala
2 tablespoons honey
1/2 cup walnut halves
1 pound ripe gorgeous Gorgonzola in perfect condition; it should never have seen the inside of your fridge

Steps:

While you are cutting the pears, let the oil heat in a large frying pan/skillet.
Fry the pears for 3 minutes a side, and while they are frying whisk the Marsala and honey together in a cup.
When the pears have had their time, add the Marsala-honey mixture and let it bubble up around the pears, and then transfer them, all bronzed and syrupy, to a plate.
Add the walnuts to the dark juices left in the pan and stir-fry them for about a minute until they are themselves darkened in part and sticky all over. Remove them to the plate with the pears and add the Gorgonzola.

BAKED PEARS WITH MARSALA-HONEY SYRUP image

Provided by Ellen Bales @Starwriter

Number Of Ingredients 7

3/4 cup(s) marsala wine
3/4 cup(s) warm water
1/2 cup(s) honey
3 slice(s) orange zest (3-inch)
1 - cinnamon stick
1 - vanilla bean
4 - firm ripe bosc or anjou pears, halved lengthwise and cored

Steps:

In a 9x13" baking dish, whisk wine, water and honey. Add orange zest and cinnamon stick.
Split vanilla bean, scrape out the sticky black seeds with the tip of a small, sharp knife and add them and the pod to the baking dish. Place the pears cut-side down in the baking dish.
Bake in a preheated 375º oven for 1 to 1-1/4 hours, basting every 15 minutes or so with the wine mixture, until the pears are very tender.
Serve the pears warm, drizzled with the sauce. Enjoy!