Best Pear And Mascarpone Tart With Brandy Caramel Sauce Recipes

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PEAR TARTS WITH CARAMEL SAUCE



Pear Tarts with Caramel Sauce image

Provided by Food Network

Categories     dessert

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 14

1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
1/3 cup super fine sugar
2 large egg yolks
1/4 teaspoon Amaretto or almond extract
1 cup ground almonds (see note)
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 tablespoons heavy cream
1 pound puff pastry
2 large ripe pears, peeled, cored, and thinly sliced
1 egg yolk
4 sprigs mint
Confectioners sugar, for serving

Steps:

  • To make the almond cream: In the bowl of an electric mixer or with a wooden spoon, beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add the egg yolks, beat in well, and add the Amaretto. Stir in the ground almonds and flour until evenly mixed. The mixture should be the consistency of a thick paste.
  • To make the caramel sauce: In a small sauce pan, combine the brown sugar, butter and cream. Bring the mixture to a boil and boil vigorously for 2 minutes, remove from the heat. Cover and keep warm at the back of the stove.
  • To make the tarts: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the pastry to a 1/8 inch thickness and, using a plate or cardboard circle as a template, use a very sharp knife to cut four 7 inch circles. Spread a circle of almond cream in the center of each, leaving a 1inch border. Fan the sliced pears out from the center of each tart, completely covering the almond cream but still leaving the border. Beat the egg yolk lightly with a fork and brush the border of the pastry with it (try not to let any yolk dribble down onto the cut edges of the pastry, otherwise it will not rise as high). Bake the tarts for about 20 minutes, until the edges are golden and the pastry is baked through. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes Place a sprig of mint in the center of each tart and sprinkle it with a little confectioners sugar. Serve warm, drizzled with the warm caramel sauce.

ROASTED PEARS WITH CARAMEL SAUCE



Roasted Pears with Caramel Sauce image

This golden, glossy delight could not be easier to make. All major varieties of pears - Bartlett, Bosc, red, Anjou - work equally well. However, Bosc roasts up slightly firmer than the others.

Provided by USA WEEKEND columnist Pam Anderson

Categories     Desserts

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 5

4 tablespoons butter
1 cup packed dark brown sugar
4 pears, halved and cored
½ cup sour cream
¼ cup coarsely chopped toasted pistachios (or your favorite nuts)

Steps:

  • Adjust oven rack to center position and heat oven to 400 degrees. Place butter in a baking pan large enough to hold the pears in a single layer: set in the heating oven until it melts.
  • Sprinkle sugar over melted butter, then place pears, cut side down, on top. Bake until tender, about 30 minutes.
  • Remove pan from oven, turn pears over and baste with pan sauce. Return to oven; bake until golden and glossy, about 10 minutes longer.
  • Let cool slightly. Transfer pears to dessert plates or bowls. Top each with dollop of sour cream, drizzle with caramel pan sauce, sprinkle with nuts and serve.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 512.2 calories, Carbohydrate 82.9 g, Cholesterol 43.2 mg, Fat 21.3 g, Fiber 5.9 g, Protein 3.4 g, SaturatedFat 11.5 g, Sodium 146.8 mg, Sugar 70.3 g

PEAR CARAMEL TART



Pear Caramel Tart image

Provided by Food Network Kitchen

Categories     dessert

Time 1h5m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 6

1 stick butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
8 pears, peeled, cored and sliced
1 prepared pie crust (pillsbury)
2 tablespoons sugar mixed with 1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 egg, lightly beaten

Steps:

  • In a large non-stick skillet, melt butter and stir in sugar. As mixture begins to bubble, remove from heat and spread out pears. Return skillet to heat and cook over medium high until golden brown syrup bubbles up. This process will take about 30 minutes. Roll out crust to flatten folds and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar mixture. Place crust over pears and press down around edges. Cut slits in crust and brush with egg. Bake for 30 minutes until crust is golden brown. Allow skillet to cool for 2 minutes. Loosen edges of crust with paring knife. Invert tart onto plate and cool.

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