Name: Caramelised pears
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 4 pears (920g); 40 gram butter; 1/2 cup (110g) firmly packed brown sugar; 2 tablespoon coffee-flavoured liqueur; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla bean paste; 1 litre vanilla ice-cream

Caramelised pears

Quick, easy and ever so slightly boozy, if you're looking for a dessert you can throw together quickly without sacrificing on flavour this caramelised pears on vanilla ice-cream recipe is perfect.

Ingredients

4 pears (920g)

40 gram butter

1/2 cup (110g) firmly packed brown sugar

2 tablespoon coffee-flavoured liqueur

1/2 teaspoon vanilla bean paste

1 litre vanilla ice-cream

Method

1.Peel and core pears; cut each pear into eight wedges.

2.Melt butter in large frying pan, add pear; cook, stirring occasionally, until softened slightly.

3.Sprinkle sugar over pear; reduce heat. Cook, stirring occasionally, until sugar dissolves. Bring to the boil; boil 1 minute. Add liqueur and paste; cook, over high heat, about 2 minutes or until mixture is syrupy.

4.Serve pear with ice-cream; drizzle with syrup.

Made from vanilla bean extract, vanilla bean seeds, sugar and natural thickeners, vanilla bean paste can be used as a substitute for a whole vanilla bean or vanilla extract. It is available from the baking section of major supermarkets.
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