Slow-Roasted Pears With Hazelnuts, Honey & Mascarpone
- Ready In:
- 1hr 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 1 large lemon, juice of
- 100 g caster sugar
- 4 firm beurre bosc pears
- 1 vanilla bean, halved
- 45 g butter, at room temperature
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1⁄4 cup honey
- 1⁄4 cup hazelnuts, halved, roasted
- 1⁄3 cup mascarpone
directions
- Preheat oven to 190°C or 170°C fan.
- Mix lemon juice and caster sugar into one litre of water and stir to dissolve the sugar; halve and core the pears and place in the water.
- Scrape the seeds from the vanilla bean; reserve the bean and place the seeds in a small bowl with the butter and brown sugar; mix well until soft and spreadable.
- Remove the pears from the water and spread the butter mixture over the cut sides; pour 700 ml of the water into a deep baking pan, place the pears into the pan, cut-side up; place the vanilla bean halves in the water and cover the pan with foil; pierce the foil in four places.
- Bake the pears for 11/2 hours until they are tender.
- Place the pears in shallow bowls and spoon over a little of the cooking syrup; drizzle with honey and scatter with hazelnuts; and serve warm or at room temperature with mascarpone.
- TIP: Check the water level in the baking pan from time to time during the cooking time, and add a little more water if too much has evaporated.
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