Pear And Rosemary Butter Recipes

Steps:

• Peel & chop pears, placing in water so they don't dry out.
• Drain well and place in a large, heavy Dutch oven. Add cider so that it just covers fruit. Place cinnamon stick pieces beneath surface of cider. Simmer 30 minutes until tender.
• Preheat oven 300°F Remove cinnamon & set aside.
• Puree pears with liquid in blender or food processor until as smooth.
• Transfer pureed pears to large, heavy baking dish.
• Mix in honey, rosemary, & cinnamon.
• Bake 2-3 hours, stirring occasionally, till sauce is thickened, bubbling, and dark brown around edges.
• Add single drop of lemon juice (any more would be overpowering).
• Cool completely.
• For Canning: Reheat until simmering & ladle into hot sterilized jars. Process according to standard canning methods.
• For Freezing: Divide cooled mixture into plastic containers & refrigerate or freeze.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour two 8 1/2-by-4 1/2-by-2 1/2-inch loaf pans .
• Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt together and set aside.
• Chop the pears and process them to a smooth puree with the lemon juice in a food processor or a blender. You should have about two cups of pear puree. Chop the rosemary leaves and mix with the pears.
• Beat the butter and three-fourths cup sugar together until creamy. Beat in the eggs one at a time. The mixture may look slightly curdled. Stir in the pear puree alternately with the flour mixture, mixing only until all the flour is blended in.
• Spread the batter in the two pans, place in the oven and bake 20 minutes. Dip each sprig of rosemary in water, then in the remaining tablespoon of sugar and place a sprig on top of each loaf. Continue baking another 35 to 40 minutes, until the bread is nicely browned. Allow the loaves to cool in the pans for 15 minutes, then remove them from the pans to finish cooling on racks. Wrap cooled loaves in plastic and allow to rest overnight.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees. Choose a baking dish or roasting pan large enough to hold pears in one layer, or use 2 pans. Scatter star anise, cinnamon stick, fennel seeds and cloves on bottom of dish.
• Put pears in a large mixing bowl. Add brown sugar, raisins, rum and lemon juice. Coat pears evenly with mixture. Transfer to baking dish, cut-side down, in one layer. Dot with butter.
• Bake, uncovered, until pears are soft and well caramelized, about 45 minutes. Remove pears from oven, and let them sit at room temperature. Shortly before serving, drizzle the pears with honey, and sprinkle them with rosemary leaves and chopped walnuts. Bake for 10 minutes. Serve warm with plenty of sauce from the baking pan.