SWISS PEARS
Elegant and easy. I got this out of one of my community cookbooks, but it tastes like something a restaurant in Atlantic City New Jersey used to make. I think the restaurant is now closed.
Provided by mandabears
Categories Dessert
Time 35m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Whip cream until thick, add sugar and continue to whip until thick.
- Drain pears well.
- Melt chocolate with reserved syrup.
- Put pears in a large bowl, a glass bowl makes a nice presentation.
- Cover pears with whipped cream.
- Cool chocolate mixture, then pour or spoon chocolate carefully over whipped cream.
- Chill well.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 524.9, Fat 32.1, SaturatedFat 19.4, Cholesterol 81.5, Sodium 37.4, Carbohydrate 64.1, Fiber 7.1, Sugar 54.7, Protein 2.8
SWISS - CARAMEL PEARS WITH CHEESE COVERING
This recipe has been posted for play in Culinary Quest - Switzerland, recipe found at http://www.appenzeller An enjoyably light dessert topped with a touch of melted Appenzeller ® CLASSIC. Whether made with pear and cranberry compote or apple and blackberry jam - this dessert is magnificent.
Provided by Baby Kato
Categories Fruit Desserts
Time 40m
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- 1. Caramelize the sugar with a few drops of lemon juice in a wide chrome steel frying pan, then remove the pan from the heat.
- 2. Pour the water on to the sugar. Let the caramel simmer gently until it has dissolved.
- 3. Peel the pears, cut them in half and remove the core, then pour a little lemon juice over the pears so that they do not turn brown.
- 4. Place the pears and sticks of vanilla into the caramel syrup and simmer the fruit until it is almost soft.
- 5. Cut the cheese into thin slices.
- 6. Remove the pears from the syrup and place them on to a baking tray covered with baking paper.
- 7. Fill with the cranberry compote and place the cheese slices on top and bake the pears in on oven at 180 ° C for 6-8 minutes.
- 8. Place the baked pears into individual dishes, pour over the caramel syrup and sprinkle over a few leaves of thyme.
- 9. Tip: For another wonderful version, prepare the dessert with apples and fill the fruit with blackberry jam instead of cranberry compote.
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