I am craving all sorts of goodies tonight, so I am going to blog a few fabulous recipes to tantalize your foodie minds. Besides it's Summer, and this is the time to do the baking, the cooking, the grilling and the eating...
**found in November 2003 Cooking Light Magazine
Calories: 227
P.S.-This is super easy to make!!
Vanilla seeds perfume the syrup, making this simple yet elegant dessert a standout. Refrigerate extra poaching liquid for up to 3 months; serve over ice cream or pancakes.
4 Cups water
1 Cup sugar
1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise
1 (3-inch) cinnamon stick
4 small firm Bosc pears
1. Combine the water and sugar in a medium saucepan; bring to a boil, stirring until sugar dissolves. Add vanilla bean (split and whole) and cinnamon. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 15 minutes.
2. Peel and core pears, leaving stems intact. Cut about 1/4-inch from the base of each pear so they will sit flat. Add pears to sugar mixture. Cover and cook over medium heat 10 minutes or until tender. Remove pears with a slotted spoon; chill thoroughly. Discard the cinnamon stick. Scrape seeds from vanilla bean, and stir seeds into sugar mixture. Discard bean. Set aside 2 cups sugar mixture; reserve remaining mixture for another use.
3. Return 2 cups sugar mixture to pan; bring to a boil over high heat. Cook until slightly syrupy and reduced to 1/2 cup (about 12 minutes). Chill thoroughly. Serve sauce with pears at room temperature or chilled.
Yield 4 servings-serving size: 1 pear and 2 tbsp. sauce
Enjoy!! xoxo
That sounds really good -- and it's a dessert we can eat. I still drool over the ice cream recipes, even if I can't indulge.
ReplyDeleteSame goes here. Sometimes blogging them satisfies the craving, but not all the time. Ha ha.
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