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Pink Pears Baked In Amaretto Cream

Here's how you make Pink Pears Baked In Amaretto Cream
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  • Servings: 4
  • Prep: 9m
  • Cook: 30m
    • The following recipe serves 4 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 2 tablespoons butter (softened and divided)
  • 2 tablespoons granulated sugar (divided)
  • 12 ounces pears (2 Bosc pears, halved and cored)
  • 1/4 cup cherry juice (maraschino)
  • 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 2 tablespoon liqueur (Amaretto)
  • TOPPING
  • 1/2 cup whipped cream
  • 4 tablespoons nuts (almond or pine)
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

  • Step 2: Grease a 9-inch baking dish with 1 tablespoon butter.

  • Step 3: Sprinkle 1 tablespoon sugar into buttered dish.

  • Step 4: Rub remaining butter onto cut sides of pear halves.

  • Step 5: Arrange pears into the prepared baking dish with the cut sides down.

  • Step 6: Sprinkle remaining sugar over the pears.

  • Step 7: (I would cover the pears with tin foil for 10 minutes so that pears soften)

  • Step 8: Stir cream and amaretto and cherry juice together in a bowl.

  • Step 9: Bake pears in preheated oven for 15 minutes.

  • Step 10: Pour cream mixture over the pears and continue baking until the pears are tender, about 15 minutes more. or until pears are soft and custard is firm

  • Step 11: Top with whipped cream and flaked almonds or pine nuts

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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