AMARETTO BAKED PEARS WITH MASCARPONE
I pull this recipe whenever I feel the need to impress. It is a wonderful dessert (and I don't "do" desserts as a rule). Beware of sharing the amaretto with the pears during cooking - result WILL vary - hic. Enjoy!
Provided by sams1
Categories Dessert
Time 40m
Yield 2 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- To make almond cream - Beat butter and sugar together until combined, add flour and egg until combined. Beat in almonds, stir in 3/4 of crushed biscuits.
- Pack 1 tablespoon of almond cream into the cored out section of each pear half.
- Split the vanilla pod in half, scrape out seeds and mix with sugar. Chop vanilla pod into large pieces.
- Place pears into baking dish, sprinkle over vanilla sugar, remaining biscuits, vanilla pod pieces and drizzle with amaretto.
- Bake in over at 200C gor 10 minutes or until pears are cooked.
- Mix together mascapone and icing sugar.
- Remove pears from oven and transfere to serving plates.
- Drizzle a little extra amaretto into baking dish and stir pan juices.
- Serve pan with sweetened mascopone and the amaretto pan juices - enjoy.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1243.7, Fat 72.3, SaturatedFat 28.7, Cholesterol 213.2, Sodium 43.7, Carbohydrate 139.9, Fiber 12.8, Sugar 93.2, Protein 20.1
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