Pears Curacao Recipes

Steps:

• Peel the pears and cut the bottoms out, but leave the stems intact.
• Mix the water, sugar, rum, and vanilla in a large pot. Set to medium heat.
• Add the pears. Cover with a lid and simmer for about 40 minutes, turning occasionally. Cook until soft and golden (this can take less time depending on the ripeness of your pears.
• Scoop out the pears and place upright on a dish. At this point you can cook the liquid longer until it becomes a syrup, or ladle a small amount directly onto the pears right away.
• Add optional ice cream.
• Melt some dark chocolate and spoon it onto the pear or your favorite toppings like nuts!
• Enjoy!

Steps:

• In a large skillet, melt butter over medium-high. Add pears, one cut side down, and cook until browned, then reduce heat to medium and cook 3 minutes. Turn pears to other cut side and cook 4 minutes. Add sugar and 1 tablespoon water, swirling pan to combine. Turn pears skin side down and cook until sauce is thickened slightly, 2 minutes. Stir in vanilla and pinch of salt. Serve warm with ice cream.

Steps:

• Cook the water, vanilla and 1 cup sugar until the sugar dissolves.
• Poach the pears in this syrup until soft; remove the pears.
• Add the Curaçao to the syrup and cook until thick.
• Put pear halves on a serving platter or on 8 individual serving dishes and fill the centers with 1/2 Tbs jam per pear half.
• Pour the syrup over them.
• Whip the cream until stiff, beat in the pinch of sugar, and spoon over the pears.