Caramelized Pears

Name: Caramelized Pears
Yield: Makes about 2 cups
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon unsalted butter; 1/4 cup sugar; 1 3/4 pounds red Anjou pears, cut into 1/2-inch-thick wedges (or 1/4-inch-thick wedges, if pears are firm); 1/4 cup best-quality honey

January 26, 2012

Recipe information

Yield
Makes about 2 cups

Ingredients

1 tablespoon unsalted butter

1/4 cup sugar

1 3/4 pounds red Anjou pears, cut into 1/2-inch-thick wedges (or 1/4-inch-thick wedges, if pears are firm)

1/4 cup best-quality honey

Preparation

Heat the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the sugar; cook, stirring, until almost dissolved, 1 to 2 minutes. Add the pears; cook, stirring occasionally, until soft and just golden, 12 to 20 minutes. Pour in the honey; cook, stirring, until the pears are coated and very soft, 3 to 5 minutes.

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Reprinted with permission from The Martha Stewart Living Cookbook: The New Classics by Martha Stewart Living Magazine, copyright © 2007. Published by Clarkson Potter, a division of The Crown Publishing Group. Buy the full book from Amazon.

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