Brown Sugar Baked Pears with Almond Crumble and Honey Mascarpone
Recipe Date:
September 20, 2022
Serving Size:
6
Cook Time:
01:30:00
Difficulty:
Easy
Measurements:
Imperial (US)
These baked pears offer the satisfaction of a beautiful apple pie, but with much less fuss. If so inclined, swap the mascarpone for a big scoop of vanilla ice cream - both will complement the dish. The only difficult part to this recipe is not eating all of the crumble topping before dessert is served.
Ingredients
- 3 Bosc pears
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- A pinch of cinnamon
- 8 ozs mascarpone
- 2 tbsps honey
- For the crumble:
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 1/3 cup cold butter, cubed
- 1/2 cup rolled oats
- 1/2 cup almonds, roughly chopped
Directions
Preheat oven to 375°F.
- Peel the pears and cut in half,leaving the stems intact. Remove the cores from the center of the pears and place cut-side-up in a baking dish. Sprinkle the pears with the brown sugar and a pinch of cinnamon.
- Bake in the 375°F oven for 25 minutes before removing from the oven, flipping the pears over and spooning any excess liquid over the top before baking for another 25 minutes.
- While the pears are baking, make the crumble topping. Add all of the ingredients to a medium mixing bowl and begin to mix with your hands, pinching and pressing the dry ingredients into the cold butter. Mix in this fashion until a pea-sized crumbly consistency is achieved then chill for 10-15 minutes in the refrigerator.
- Transfer the crumble mix to a baking sheet and bake in the 375°F oven for eight minutes. Remove from the oven and turn the crumble gently with a spatula. Bake for another 5-8 minutes, or until golden brown and crispy. Be sure the almonds don’t over toast. Remove from the oven and set aside.
- Remove the pears from the oven and allow them to cool slightly as you whisk together the honey and the mascarpone in a small bowl.
- To serve, spoon the mascarpone into a dish, followed by the pears, stems up, and then the crumble topping.
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