Nutty pears with rich caramel sauce

Name: Nutty pears with rich caramel sauce
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Dessert
Ingredients: pears; 15.00 g butter; 15.00 ml honey; 60.00 ml pecan nuts or walnuts, chopped; 60.00 ml muesli; 60.00 ml coconut; 6.00 pears; 90.00 g butter; 180.00 ml brown sugar; 300.00 ml cream fresh; 15.00 ml cornflour; 15.00 ml water

8 servings

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By Food24 November 03 2009

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Ingredients (12)

	pears
15.00 g	butter
15.00 ml	honey
60.00 ml	pecan nuts — or walnuts, chopped
60.00 ml	muesli
60.00 ml	coconut
6.00	pears

CARAMEL SAUCE

90.00 g	butter
180.00 ml	brown sugar
300.00 ml	cream — fresh
15.00 ml	cornflour
15.00 ml	water

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Method:

PEARS
Combine butter and honey in small saucepan, stir over heat until butter has melted. Stir in nuts, muesli and coconut. Peel pears leaving hollow centres. Fill centres with nut mixture. Place pears in an ovenproof dish, top with sauce, cover and bake in a preheated 180 ºC oven for about one hour or until pears are tender. Serve with the sauce.
CARAMEL SAUCE
Melt butter in saucepan, stir in sugar. Stir constantly over heat without boiling until sugar has dissolved. Stir in cream. Blend cornflour and water and stir in. Stir constantly over heat until mixture boils and thickens.
Serve hot or cold.
Serves 8.