Baked Pears in Sugar Glaze

Baking and Desserts | Italian cuisine

⏳ Time

1 hour 30 minutes

🥕 Ingredients

🍽️ Servings

Description

Baked Pears in Sugar Glaze

Ingredients

Pears - 7 pieces
Rum - 3 tablespoons
Dried cranberries with sugar - 2 tablespoons
Light Raisins, Seedless - 2 tablespoons
Brown Sugar - 2 tablespoons
Chopped almonds - 2 tablespoons
Ground Cinnamon - 1 teaspoon
Ground Nutmeg - ¼ teaspoon
Butter - 4 tablespoons
Grated Ginger Root - 0.4 oz
Sugar - ½ cup
Lemon - 1 piece
Orange zest - 1 piece

Step by Step guide

Step 1

Peel and finely chop 1 pear. Place it in a small saucepan, add rum, currants, raisins, brown sugar, peeled and chopped almonds, ¼ teaspoon of cinnamon, nutmeg, minced ginger, and the zest and juice of the lemon and orange; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and cook, stirring, until the mixture is soft, about 15 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool.

Step 2

Preheat the oven to 356°F.

Step 3

Grease a baking dish with butter. In a separate bowl, mix the remaining cinnamon and ½ cup of regular sugar.

Step 4

Using a small knife, spiral peel the pears. Carefully use a melon baller to scoop out the centers of the pears from the bottom. Divide the filling among the pears and place them in the baking dish. Brush the pears with butter and sprinkle with the cinnamon-sugar mixture. Bake until soft, about 40 minutes.