Charred Spiced Pears With Smoky Vanilla-Cherry Sauce (Smoky)

Prepare to indulge your taste buds with a culinary masterpiece: Charred Spiced Pears with Smoky Vanilla-Cherry Sauce! This exquisite dessert combines the smoky sweetness of charred pears with a tantalizing sauce infused with brandy, vanilla, and cherries.

With easy instructions and a dash of magic from your kitchen torch, you can impress your guests or simply treat yourself to a delightful sensory experience.

Get ready to savor this delightful creation that leaves a lingering taste of culinary bliss!

Ingredients

• 1.5 vanilla beans
• 0.75 cup brandy
• 15 ounces frozen tart red cherries, thawed
• 0.75 cup packed brown sugar
• 1.125 teaspoons ground ginger
• 0.625 teaspoon ground allspice
• 0.625 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 0.25 teaspoon salt
• 1.5 tablespoons water
• 3 teaspoons cornstarch
• 6 ripe pears, halved lengthwise and cored

Instructions

Step 1: Infuse Brandy with Vanilla Ignite a kitchen torch and char a split vanilla bean on a foil-lined baking sheet over a wire rack for 30 seconds. Allow it to cool briefly before splitting it further and adding it to a medium saucepan with brandy.

Reduce the brandy to a mere 2 tablespoons by simmering for 7-8 minutes.

Step 2: Prepare the Cherry Purée and Seasonings Blend thawed frozen tart red cherries until smooth. In a separate shallow bowl, combine brown sugar, ground ginger, allspice, and black pepper.

Step 3: Create the Smoky Vanilla-Cherry Sauce Add a portion of the brown sugar mixture, the cherry purée, and salt to the reduced brandy.

Bring to a boil, then simmer for 3 minutes to dissolve the sugar. Remove the vanilla bean, scrape out its seeds, and stir them into the sauce.

Strain the sauce through a fine-mesh sieve back into the saucepan.

Step 4: Thicken the Sauce Create a cornstarch slurry by whisking together water and cornstarch. Gradually whisk it into the sauce and bring to a boil.

Reduce heat and simmer while stirring constantly until thickened, approximately 2 minutes.

Step 5: Char the Pears and Coat with Sugar Dip the halved and cored pears in the remaining brown sugar mixture, ensuring even coating. Arrange them cut-side up on a foil-lined baking sheet.

Use the kitchen torch to caramelize the brown sugar on the pears, taking about 5 minutes for all.

Step 6: Serve and Enjoy Plate the charred pears and drizzle with the luscious smoky vanilla-cherry sauce. Savor this exquisite dessert, ensuring that the sauce is chilled in an airtight container for up to 5 days.

Nutrional Value

• Calories: 260
• Cholesterol: 0mg
• Sodium: 10mg
• Protein: 2g