Baked pears are amazing when stuffed with this mix of nuts and raisins, you won’t stop making this incredible dessert.
Baked Walnut Stuffed Pears
Servings
8 Servings
Ingredients
- 8 pears ripe and firm, cut in half and seeds scooped out
- ½ cup raisins
- 6 tablespoons chopped California walnuts
- 5 tablespoons sugar
- 2 tablespoon lemon juice
- ½ cup water
- 1 cup simple syrup recipe below
- 1 cup white sugar
- ⅓ cup water
- ⅛ teaspoon cream of tartar
- Dash of salt
Instructions
- 1 Combine the raisins, walnuts, sugar, and lemon juice in a small bowl, and mix well.
- 2 Fill the cavity of each pear, dividing the filling equally.
- 3 Place the pears in a deep baking dish, preferably with a cover.
- 4 Mix together the water and simple syrup and pour into the baking dish.
- 5 Cover the dish with its lid (or foil) and bake in a preheated 350°F oven for about 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until the pears are easily pierced with a fork.
- 6 Serve warm or cold with some of the syrup spooned over each pear.
- 7 Combine all ingredients in a large pan.
- 8 Stir and bring to a boil.
- 9 Reduce heat to a simmer and put cover on it for 3 minutes to get sugar crystals off the sides of the pan.
- 10 Uncover and cook until it reaches soft ball stage. Stir often.
- Source:
- Marion Cunningham and California
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