The combination of pastry, cinnamon, brown sugar, and apples or pears makes one of my favorite desserts. I love to try different variations on that theme. Tonight I used pears. This isn't an overly sweet dessert, which makes it a natural partner for butter-pecan ice cream.
Pears in Puff Pastry
2 pears
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
2 Tbsp. chopped walnuts
2/3 of a sheet of puff pastry, thawed
1. Cut a thin slice off the top and bottom of each pear. Use a melon baller to remove the core.
2. In a small bowl, combine brown sugar and next 2 ingredients.
3. Press fold of puff pastry to seal; cut into to squares. Place each pear on one square. Spoon half of sugar mixture into center of each pear. Pull pastry up over sides of pears and pinch at top to seal.
4. Bake at 400° for 30 minutes.
4 comments:
Do you just put it in a baking dish?
Yes; sorry I forgot to say that.
so are the pears still whole, just with the tip top and bottom off and cored? how do you do that?
I just cut off a thin slice from the top and bottom; then I used a melon baller (very handy multitasking tool) to scoop out the stem and seeds from the center of pear. The sides will be intact; think of it as a chimney of sorts.
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