Baked Pears With Ice Cream Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Cut top quarter of pears off; create a well by scooping out the core, being careful not to puncture the bottom of the pear. Arrange pears in a shallow baking dish.
• Drizzle maple syrup over pears. Place 1 tablespoon brown sugar and 1 tablespoon butter in each pear; sprinkle with cinnamon.
• Bake in preheated oven until pears are easily pierced with a fork, 35 to 50 minutes. Serve with ice cream.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Place pear halves, cut side up, in a shallow 1-qt. baking dish. Place butter in the center of each; drizzle with lemon juice. , Combine sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over pears. Top with marmalade. Bake, covered, until heated through, 15-20 minutes.

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 375°F.
• 2. Peel the pears with a vegetable peeler. Cut them in half lengthwise, leaving the stems on two of the halves if possible, and remove cores with a small melon baller. Place in an 8x8-inch baking pan, cut-side down.
• 3. Combine the lemon juice, apple juice, water, and brown sugar; pour over the pears. Set the pan over medium heat and bring the juices to a boil. Cover the pan with aluminum foil. Bake for 40 minutes (basting after 15 minutes), or until the pears are tender when tested with a toothpick.
• 4. Chill the pears overnight in the refrigerator, covered with the cooking syrup. Serve in four small dessert bowls to fit, cored-side up, with a small scoop of ice cream in the center of each. Spoon a little of the syrup into each bowl.

Steps:

• To make the ice cream, place the eggs, cream, sugar and vanilla in a saucepan and beat until well combined. Bring to a simmer and cook over low heat for about 10 minutes, stirring constantly until the mixture thickens. Pour into a bowl and allow to cool. Add the Marsala and chill for two to three hours or overnight.
• Pour the mixture into the bowl of an ice-cream maker and freeze according to the manufacturer's instructions.
• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
• To prepare the pears, trim the bottom of each. Using a melon-ball cutter, core each from the bottom, leaving the pear intact.
• In a small bowl, combine the butter and brown sugar. Stir in the raisins. Fill the hollow core of each pear with about three tablespoons of the mixture. Place in a baking dish and pour the Poire William's over them.
• Bake for 45 minutes or until soft, basting occasionally with the cooking juices. Remove from the oven and cool slightly. Serve warm with the zabaglione ice cream and with two amaretti cookies crumbled over the top.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F. Place pears in large bowl; toss with lemon juice and vanilla. Melt butter in large ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat. Add sugar; shake skillet to spread sugar evenly. Place pears, cut side down, in skillet; drizzle with any remaining lemon juice mixture from bowl. Cook until sugar begins to dissolve and mixture bubbles all over, shaking pan often, about 5 minutes. Transfer skillet to oven. Bake pears until soft and juices are golden, about 15 minutes. Divide pears among plates. Top each pear half with scoop of ice cream. Drizzle with sauce from skillet and serve.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 9-inch baking dish with 1 tablespoon butter. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon sugar into buttered dish.
• Rub remaining 1 tablespoon butter over pear halves; arrange pears cut sides down in prepared baking dish and sprinkle with remaining 1 tablespoon sugar.
• Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes. Pour cream over pears and continue baking until tender, about 20 minutes more.

Steps:

• Stir together ice cream and brandy until well blended. Cover and freeze until serving time.
• Peel, halve and core pears. Immediately sprinkle with 2 tablespoons lemon juice to prevent browning.
• In a 9 by 13 inch baking dish, mix together remaining lemon juice, butter, and honey.
• Slit vanilla bean lengthwise and scrape seeds into the butter mixture. Stir in grated lemon and orange peel, cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice.
• Score round portion of each pear half diagonally 1/8 inch deep in one direction and then in the opposite direction, creating a diamond pattern.
• Place pears cut side down in baking dish and spoon sauce over them.
• Bake in a 350 degree oven, basting often, until very tender when peirced with a fork, about 40 minutes.
• Arrange pears on serving plates, rounded side up and serve with brandy/vanilla ice cream on the same plate.

Steps:

• In a large skillet, melt butter over medium-high. Add pears, one cut side down, and cook until browned, then reduce heat to medium and cook 3 minutes. Turn pears to other cut side and cook 4 minutes. Add sugar and 1 tablespoon water, swirling pan to combine. Turn pears skin side down and cook until sauce is thickened slightly, 2 minutes. Stir in vanilla and pinch of salt. Serve warm with ice cream.