CARAMELIZED PEARS WITH MASCARPONE

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This is very good autumn recipe; really surprising in taste. You may replace honey with sugar, because I have heard from a friend of mine that honey is not recommended to be heated (something with intestines). Anyway, I am submitting the original recipe.

Provided by nitko

Categories     Dessert

Time 20m

Yield 4 portions, 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 9

40 g butter
4 tablespoons honey
1/4 teaspoon cardamom (grounded)
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon (grounded)
1 vanilla (or 10 g bourbon vanilla flavored sugar package)
2 large pears
250 g mascarpone
10 g sugar (with vanilla flavor)
30 g almonds (or non salted pistachio)

Steps:

  • First mix mascarpone and sugar 2 ours before serving so sugar san join with mascarpone. Put it in cold place.
  • Roughly ground almonds and dry fry them until brownish.
  • Take a 24cm large heavy pan (preferably Teflon) and add honey, butter cardamom, cinnamon and inside "flesh" from vanilla (or package of bourbon vanilla sugar) and let it melt and join.
  • Peal the pears, cut in half and remove seeds.
  • Sauté the pears 8-10 minutes, turning them from time to time.
  • When ready, put some mascarpone on a plate, put half a pear on it, cover with caramelized spiced honey and cover with roughly grounded fried almonds (or pistachio).

Nutrition Facts : Calories 263.4, Fat 12.7, SaturatedFat 5.5, Cholesterol 21.4, Sodium 101.9, Carbohydrate 39.7, Fiber 4.7, Sugar 31.4, Protein 2.4

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