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pear cups with lime cream

Recipe by
Sena Wilson
Lake Jackson, TX

This is a quick and easy way to serve an elegant dessert. The lime cream adds a refreshing tartness to the flavor. Best served at room temperature or chilled with the lime cream.

yield 6 serving(s)
prep time 30 Min
cook time 10 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For pear cups with lime cream

  • 5 c
    pears, chopped (5 - 6 pears)
  • 2 Tbsp
    flour
  • 1 Tbsp
    "red" hot candies
  • 1 Tbsp
    butter
  • 2/3 c
    sugar
  • water (if needed to thin sauce)
  • 2
    pillsbury (refrigerator dough) pie crusts
  • LIME CREAM
  • 1/2 c
    heavy whipping cream
  • 4 Tbsp
    powdered sugar
  • juice of 1/2 lime
  • 1/2 tsp
    lime zest

How To Make pear cups with lime cream

  • 1
    Grease a large 6 cup muffin pan or spray with oil. Flatten each pie crust with a few "rolls" on a pastry cloth to give it more width. Cut out 3 circles on each crust so you have a total of 6 circles. Fit each circle into muffin pan.
  • 2
    Mix together pears, sugar, flour, red hots, and butter in a saucepan. Cook on medium-low heat until "Red Hots" are melted; add small amount of water if needed to thin sauce. Remove from heat; pour into pie shells. Bake at 375 degrees approximately 25 - 30 minutes or until crusts have browned. Cool to room temperature.
  • 3
    Whip the cream at high speed gradually adding sugar, lime juice and zest until stiff peaks form. Chill and serve on top of pear cups.
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