Baked pears with sherry custard sauce and amaretti snow

1 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
⅓ cup Golden raisins
⅓ cup Fruity, slightly sweet wine such as Riesling or Gewurztraminer
8 Medium-tart baking pears,; peeled and cored
½ cup Toasted pine nuts
⅓ cup Melted unsalted butter
½ cup Light-brown sugar
½ cup Dry white wine
1 teaspoon Grated lemon zest
Sherry Custard Sauce (recipe follows)
Amaretti Cookies, crushed (recipe follows)
8 larges Mint sprigs,; if desired.

Directions

GARNISH

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. In a small saucepan, combine the raisins and wine and bring to a simmer. Remove from the heat and let stand 15 minutes to allow the raisins to plump. Strain the raisins and drain well, reserving any liquid. Place the pears in a baking dish just large enough to hold them. Combine the raisins with the pine nuts and fill the cavities of the pears. Put the butter, brown sugar, white wine, lemon zest and the reserved raisin liquid in the saucepan and simmer to melt the sugar, approximately 2 minutes. Drizzle over the pears. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until the pears are tender when pierced with a toothpick, basting occasionally with the juices. Serve the warm pears in shallow wide-rimmed bowls. Spoon the Sherry Custard Sauce around and sprinkle with crushed Amaretti Cookies. Garnish with the mint sprigs, if desired.

Yield: 8 servings

Recipe By :COOK'S CHOICE SHOW #CH1215 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #250 Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 12:45:37 -0400 From: Meg Antczak <meginny@...>

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