Caramel-Baked Pear Sundaes
This recipe makes 4 servings
Ingredients
- 1-1/3 cups pear juice 1-1/3 cups pear juice or apple juice
- 2 tbsp lemon juice 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 cup granulated sugar 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup water 1/2 cup water
- 4 pears 4 pears
- 1/4 cup sliced almonds , toasted1/4 cup sliced almonds, toasted
- 2 cups frozen vanilla yogurt 2 cups frozen vanilla yogurt or ice cream
Preparation
Preheat oven to 400°F.
In small saucepan, warm pear juice with lemon juice; keep warm.
In 16-cup (4 L) deep heavy-bottomed saucepan, stir sugar with water over medium heat of burner that's same size as pan; cook, stirring for about 4 minutes or until dissolved. Increase heat to medium-high. Cover and bring to full rolling boil, about 1 minute. Uncover and boil, without stirring, for about 6 minutes or until pale caramel colour. Remove from heat.
Holding an arm's length away and averting face to avoid spatters, add pear juice mixture; stir with long handled spoon until blended and bubbles subside. Boil for 10 minutes or until thickened and dark amber. Transfer to 10-cup (2.5 L) shallow baking dish.
Peel, halve and core pears. Place, cut side down, in caramel mixture; spoon sauce over top. Bake in oven, basting every 10 minutes and turning over for last 10 minutes, for 35 minutes or until tender. Sprinkle with almonds; serve with yogurt.
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