Pear Ice Cream With Spiced Pear Compote

Serves: 4

Ewell Douglas

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

45

Spice

67

Sweetness

56

Sourness

39

mins

Prep time (avg)

5.8

Difficulty

Ingredients:

6 large

Egg Yolk

1 cup

Sugar

Directions:

1

For ice cream: Combine pears, pear nectar and lemon juice in heavy medium saucepan

2

Bring to boil over medium-high heat

3

Transfer to processor; puree until smooth

4

Chill until cold

5

Whisk yolks and sugar in medium bowl to blend

6

Bring 1 cup cream to simmer in heavy medium saucepan

7

Gradually whisk hot cream into yolk mixture

8

Return to same saucepan

9

Scrape seeds from vanilla bean into mixture; add bean

10

Stir over low heat until custard thickens and leaves path on back of spoon when finger is drawn across, about 7 minutes (do not boil)

11

Pour through strainer into bowl

12

Mix in 1 cup cream

13

Cool 15 minutes

14

Add corn syrup and 3 cups pear puree to custard and whisk until blended (reserve any remaining pear puree for another use)

15

Chill custard until cold, at least 4 hour or overnight

16

Transfer custard to ice cream maker

17

Process according to manufacturer's instructions

18

Transfer to covered container and freeze

19

(Can be made 2 days ahead

20

) Combine pears, pear nectar and lemon juice in heavy medium saucepan

21

Bring to boil over medium-high heat

22

Transfer to processor; puree until smooth

23

Chill until cold

24

Whisk yolks and sugar in medium bowl to blend

25

Bring 1 cup cream to simmer in heavy medium saucepan

26

Gradually whisk hot cream into yolk mixture

27

Return to same saucepan

28

Scrape seeds from vanilla bean into mixture; add bean

29

Stir over low heat until custard thickens and leaves path on back of spoon when finger is drawn across, about 7 minutes (do not boil)

30

Pour through strainer into bowl

31

Mix in 1 cup cream

32

Cool 15 minutes

33

Add corn syrup and 3 cups pear puree to custard and whisk until blended (reserve any remaining pear puree for another use)

34

Chill custard until cold, at least 4 hour or overnight

35

Transfer custard to ice cream maker

36

Process according to manufacturer's instructions

37

Transfer to covered container and freeze

38

(Can be made 2 days ahead

39

) For compote: Combine wine, sugar and cloves in heavy large saucepan

40

Scrape seeds from vanilla bean into saucepan; add bean

41

Stir over medium heat until sugar dissolves

42

Bring to boil

43

Add pears; simmer until tender, about 5 minutes

44

Using slotted spoon, transfer pears to medium bowl

45

Boil liquid in saucepan until slightly thickened and syrupy, adding any juices from bowl of pears, about 12 minutes

46

Pour over pears

47

Chill until cold, at least 4 hours or overnight

48

Discard vanilla bean and cloves (Can be made 1 day ahead

49

Cover and keep chilled

50

) Combine wine, sugar and cloves in heavy large saucepan

51

Scrape seeds from vanilla bean into saucepan; add bean

52

Stir over medium heat until sugar dissolves

53

Bring to boil

54

Add pears; simmer until tender, about 5 minutes

55

Using slotted spoon, transfer pears to medium bowl

56

Boil liquid in saucepan until slightly thickened and syrupy, adding any juices from bowl of pears, about 12 minutes

57

Pour over pears

58

Chill until cold, at least 4 hours or overnight

59

Discard vanilla bean and cloves (Can be made 1 day ahead

60

Cover and keep chilled

61

) Scoop ice cream into goblets

62

Spoon pears and syrup over and serve

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Scoop ice cream into goblets

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Spoon pears and syrup over and serve