Glazed Pears Recipe

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One-pan glazed pears naturally sweetened with maple syrup, and spiced with vanilla and cinnamon for a quick and decadent dessert.

Ingredients

• 8 fresh pears
• 1/4 cup butter
• 2 tablespoons maple syrup, or to taste
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon powder
• 2 vanilla beans, or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup orange juice (fresh squeezed or organic)
• 1 About 1 cup of water
• 2 tablespoons brandy (optional)
• 1/2 cup (or more) chopped pecans (to top)
• 1/4 cup raisins (optional)
• Homemade whipped cream to top (optional) or whipped coconut cream.

Details

Servings 6
Preparation time 5mins
Cooking time 35mins
Adapted from wellnessmama.com

Preparation

Step 1

Instructions
This recipe can be made with whole pears or pears cut into wedges. Either way, peel the pears. I peeled, cored and sliced the pears into wedges for faster cooking.
Melt the butter in a large saucepan.
Add the pears and cook over medium heat until the pears start to soften and brown slightly.
Add maple syrup, cinnamon, vanilla and orange juice and continue to simmer for approximately 20 minutes, uncovered, until juice reduces down and pears are soft all the way through. At this point, the juice, syrup and spice mixture will also start to form a glaze. Add raisins if using.
If using brandy, add to the pan and flambe. This is done by exposing the alcohol in the pan to fire from a match or gas burner and then swirling the pan until the flame subsides. If you aren't familiar with this technique or don't want to do it, the alcohol can be omitted, or the mixture can just be simmered for an additional few minutes to evaporate off the alcohol. The flambe does impart a deeper, richer, flavor if you are able to do it.
Remove from heat and top with chopped pecans and whipped cream, if using.