baked pears with and walnut cream

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 4 pears, peeled
• 10 fluid ounces red , or more to taste
• 1/2 cup dark brown sugar, packed
• 1 vanilla bean, split and seeds scraped out and reserved
• 1 orange, peeled and juiced (peel reserved)
• 7 ounces shelled walnuts, divided
• 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 orange, zested and juiced
• 2 teaspoons dark brown sugar, or as needed

Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins Ready Time: 1 hr


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• arrange pears in an oven-proof pan with a tight-fitting lid; add red , 1/2 cup brown sugar, vanilla bean and seeds, and the peel and juice of 1 orange. bring pear mixture to a boil; sprinkle with half the walnuts.
• bake the pear mixture in the preheated oven until pears are tender, 20 to 30 minutes, basting pears with red syrup every 10 minutes. remove from oven and cool; remove the vanilla bean and orange peel from the red syrup.
• arrange the remaining walnuts on a baking sheet and bake in the preheated oven until toasted and fragrant, 5 minutes.
• place the toasted walnuts in a food processor and pour in the red syrup; pulse until paste-like consistency. transfer to a bowl. whisk cream, sour cream, zest and juice of 1 orange, and 2 teaspoons brown sugar into walnut-red paste until smooth.
• serve walnut-cream sauce over baked pears.