swiss - caramel pears with cheese covering

Beautiful Shore Country, NB
Updated on Jul 16, 2015

This recipe has been posted for play in Culinary Quest - Switzerland, recipe found at http://www.appenzeller An enjoyably light dessert topped with a touch of melted Appenzeller ® CLASSIC. Whether made with pear and cranberry compote or apple and blackberry jam - this dessert is magnificent.

prep time 30 Min
cook time 10 Min
method Bake
yield 4 serving(s)

Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons sugar
  • - ittle lemon juice
  • 150 milliliters water
  • 4 - pears
  • 1/2 stick vanilla bean
  • 120 grams appenzeller ® classic
  • 2 tablespoons cranberry compote
  • 2 - twigs of thyme

How To Make swiss - caramel pears with cheese covering

  • Step 1
    Caramelize the sugar with a few drops of lemon juice in a wide chrome steel frying pan, then remove the pan from the heat.
  • Step 2
    Pour the water on to the sugar. Let the caramel simmer gently until it has dissolved.
  • Step 3
    Peel the pears, cut them in half and remove the core, then pour a little lemon juice over the pears so that they do not turn brown.
  • Step 4
    Place the pears and sticks of vanilla into the caramel syrup and simmer the fruit until it is almost soft.
  • Step 5
    Cut the cheese into thin slices.
  • Step 6
    Remove the pears from the syrup and place them on to a baking tray covered with baking paper.
  • Step 7
    Fill with the cranberry compote and place the cheese slices on top and bake the pears in on oven at 180 ° C for 6-8 minutes.
  • Step 8
    Place the baked pears into individual dishes, pour over the caramel syrup and sprinkle over a few leaves of thyme.
  • Step 9
    Tip: For another wonderful version, prepare the dessert with apples and fill the fruit with blackberry jam instead of cranberry compote.

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