Baked Pears With Vanilla Cinnamon And Grappa Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Spread pears to cover bottom of the baking dish; drizzle with melted butter and maple syrup.
• Stir flour, brown sugar, white sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla extract together in a bowl. Cut softened butter into flour mixture until mixture resembles coarse crumbs, adding more flour if necessary. Sprinkle topping over pears.
• Bake in preheated oven until pears are bubbling and topping is crisp, about 30 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Peel, quarter and core the pears. Place them in a buttered baking dish and sprinkle with sugar and grappa. Bake for 45 minutes, or until tender, depending on the ripeness of the pears.
• Sprinkle with chocolate and serve with creme fraiche.

Steps:

• Total Time: 1 Hour Active Time:15 Minutes Serves: 4 1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees. 2. Cut a small slice off the pears' bottoms so they stand upright. 3. Grease a small baking dish with 1 tablespoon butter. Rub remaining butter over pears, coating each in a thin layer. 4. Arrange pears evenly in the baking dish and sprinkle sugar over top. Tuck vanilla beans and cinnamon sticks under and around the pears. Cover dish with aluminum foil and bake for 20 minutes. 5. Remove foil and pour grappa over pears and into dish. Baste pears with cooking juices and return dish to oven. Roast until pears are cooked though and easily pierced with a knife, about 40 minutes. As pears roast, baste with pan juices. If pears are done before the alcohol mellows, remove pears from the oven and continue to roast the juices until the alcohol burns off. 6. Serve each pear with a few spoonfuls of cooking liquid poured over top and a dollop of crème fraîche alongside.