Best Sauteed Pears With Pumpkin Seed Praline Cream Recipes

Quick & Easy Caramelized Pears image

Provided by Martha Stewart

Number Of Ingredients 6

3 tablespoons unsalted butter
3 medium pears, such as Anjou or Bartlett, quartered and cored
1/4 cup packed light-brown sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Salt
Vanilla ice cream, for serving

Steps:

In a large skillet, melt butter over medium-high. Add pears, one cut side down, and cook until browned, then reduce heat to medium and cook 3 minutes. Turn pears to other cut side and cook 4 minutes. Add sugar and 1 tablespoon water, swirling pan to combine. Turn pears skin side down and cook until sauce is thickened slightly, 2 minutes. Stir in vanilla and pinch of salt. Serve warm with ice cream.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 135 g, Fat 6 g, Fiber 3 g, SaturatedFat 4 g

Low Carb Praline Pumpkin Pie image

Provided by Food Network

Categories dessert

Time 3h40m

Yield 12 servings

Number Of Ingredients 14

2 tablespoons hot melted butter
1/2 cup finely chopped pecans
1/2 cup sugar substitute (recommended: Splenda)
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 (15-ounce) can no sugar added pumpkin filling
3/4 cup sugar substitute (recommended: Splenda)
1 tablespoon plus a dash pumpkin pie spice
1 1/4 cups heavy cream
4 eggs
Low Carb Whipped Cream, recipe follows
1 cup heavy cream
1/3 cup sugar substitute (recommended: Splenda)
1 teaspoon no sugar added vanilla extract

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Make the crust: Mix all crust ingredients together in a small bowl. While mixture is still warm from the butter, press it evenly into the bottom of a deep-dish pie pan. Bake for about 5 minutes, or until browned. Remove piecrust from oven.
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
Make the filling: Place all filling ingredients in a medium bowl and mix well with a wire whisk. Pour filling into prebaked piecrust. Bake for 15 minutes and then reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees F. Continue to bake for an additional 50 to 55 minutes. To test for doneness, stick a toothpick in the center; if it comes out clean, the pie is done.
Cool and then chill before serving. To serve, top each slice with a dollop of low carb whipped cream.
With an electric mixer on high, whip the heavy cream just until frothy. Then add in the sugar substitute and vanilla extract and continue to whip on high until peaks form. Be careful not to over-whip, or cream will break. Transfer to a pastry bag or just spoon onto pie.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 241 calorie, Fat 24 grams, SaturatedFat 12 grams, Carbohydrate 7 grams, Fiber 1 grams

Pumpkin Seed Praline image

Yield Makes 8 to 10 servings

Number Of Ingredients 3

1 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
1 cup hulled (green) pumpkin seeds, toasted

Steps:

Preheat oven to 250°F. Lightly oil a large sheet of foil on a baking sheet and keep warm in oven.
Cook sugar, water, and a pinch of salt in a deep 2-quart heavy saucepan over moderately low heat, stirring slowly with a metal fork, until melted and pale golden. Cook caramel without stirring, swirling pan, until deep golden. Immediately stir in pumpkin seeds and quickly pour onto foil, spreading into a thin sheet before it hardens. (If caramel hardens and is difficult to spread, put in a 400°F oven until warm enough to spread, 1 to 2 minutes.)
Cool praline on baking sheet on a rack until completely hardened, then break into large pieces.