Super delicious and easy to make is this decadent dessert of poached pears with creamy mascarpone and a orange caramel sauce
Course Dessert
Cuisine Dutch
Keyword mascarpone, poached pears, sugar
Prep Time 15 minutesmins
Cook Time 10 minutesmins
Total Time 25 minutesmins
Servings 4people
Calories 757
Ingredients
4poached pearsalready prepared
250gramsmascarpone
1lime zest and juice
1tablespoonpoached pear juice
50g walnutschopped
CARAMEL
100gsugar
100mlorange juice
100gunsalted butter
Instructions
Start by stirring the mascarpone. Add the grated rind of 1 lime and some juice. It is also nice to add a tablespoon of the stewed pear juice.
It's not sweet, but since the caramel sauce will be on top, you won't need it.
Make a bed of the mascarpone on a serving platter and place the poached pears on top. Sprinkle with chopped walnuts.
ORANGE CARAMEL SAUCE
Place the sugar in a saucepan and add three tablespoons of water. Make sure all the sugar is wet.
Place the saucepan over medium heat and bring the sugar to a boil. Do NOT stir the pan. Above all, stay with it, because once it starts to brown, it will go in a flash.
If the caramel gets browner on one side than the other, gently swirl the pan back and forth to even it out.
When the caramel is the right color, add the orange juice. Be careful, it will bubble a lot. It may also suddenly form a lump. Just keep stirring gently and it should dissolve.
Now add the butter, chunk by chunk, until you have a nice caramel sauce. At this point it will still be thin, but as the caramel cools it will thicken. Pour the cooled sauce over the poached pears and serve.