Baked Pears With Amaretti Filling

Serves: 4

Halle Leffler

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

48

Spice

43

Sweetness

48

Sourness

46

mins

Prep time (avg)

5.4

Difficulty

Ingredients:

5

Pears (firm but ripe, peeled, halved)

1 large

Egg Yolk

7 tbsps

Sugar

6 tbsps

Lemon Juice (fresh)

3 tbsps

Unsalted Butter

1 cup

Whipping Cream (chilled)

Directions:

1

Preheat oven to 375°F

2

Butter 13x9x2-inch glass baking dish

3

Using melon baller or small spoon, core each pear half, leaving 1 1/2-inch-diameter cavity

4

Arrange 8 pear halves, cut side up, in prepared baking dish

5

Puree remaining 2 halves in processor

6

Place 1/2 cup puree in medium bowl (reserve any remaining puree for another use)

7

Mix cookie crumbs and yolk into puree in bowl

8

Mound filling in pear cavities

9

Combine 6 tablespoons sugar, lemon juice and butter in small saucepan

10

Bring to boil over medium heat, stirring until sugar dissolves and butter melts

11

Spoon syrup over pears

12

Bake pears until tender, basting occasionally with syrup in dish, about 1 hour

13

(Can be prepared 3 hours ahead; let stand at room temperature

14

) Whip cream with liqueur and remaining 1 tablespoon sugar in medium bowl until soft peaks form

15

Serve pears with whipped cream

16

Preheat oven to 375°F

17

Butter 13x9x2-inch glass baking dish

18

Using melon baller or small spoon, core each pear half, leaving 1 1/2-inch-diameter cavity

19

Arrange 8 pear halves, cut side up, in prepared baking dish

20

Puree remaining 2 halves in processor

21

Place 1/2 cup puree in medium bowl (reserve any remaining puree for another use)

22

Mix cookie crumbs and yolk into puree in bowl

23

Mound filling in pear cavities

24

Combine 6 tablespoons sugar, lemon juice and butter in small saucepan

25

Bring to boil over medium heat, stirring until sugar dissolves and butter melts

26

Spoon syrup over pears

27

Bake pears until tender, basting occasionally with syrup in dish, about 1 hour

28

(Can be prepared 3 hours ahead; let stand at room temperature

29

) Whip cream with liqueur and remaining 1 tablespoon sugar in medium bowl until soft peaks form

30

Serve pears with whipped cream