Best Swiss Pears Recipes

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SWISS PEARS



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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

1 cup whipping cream, well chilled
2 tablespoons sugar
1 (29 ounce) can pears in heavy syrup, drained, reserve 2 1/2 ounces of syrup
4 ounces German cooking chocolate

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



Swiss - Caramel Pears with Cheese Covering image

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

3 Tbsp sugar
ittle lemon juice
150 ml water
4 pears
1/2 stick vanilla bean
120 g appenzeller ® classic
2 Tbsp cranberry compote
2 twigs of thyme

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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