Steamed Pears Nouvelle Recipe - Cooking Index
Steamed Pears Nouvelle Recipe - Cooking Index
| 2 | Pears (large) | |
| Lemon juice | ||
| Raspberry sauce - (see recipe) | ||
| 1/4 cup | 59ml | Plain low-fat yogurt or creme fraiche |
| 1 | Orange rind | |
| Mint leaves - (optional) |
1. Peel, halve, and core pears. Rub with lemon juice to prevent browning.
2. Place pear halves, cut side down, on steamer rack. Steam until tender; check by piercing with a knife tip. Steaming time varies considerably depending on pear variety and ripeness. Check after 5 minutes.
3. Cool to room temperature, then refrigerate to chill.
4. Prepare Raspberry Sauce.
5. Place yogurt or Creme Fraiche in a pastry bag fitted with a fine tip, or in a squeeze-type plastic mustard or ketchup bottle.
6. Ladle about 1/4 cup Raspberry Sauce on each of 4 dessert plates.
7. Pipe yogurt in a spiral design on sauce. Draw a knife from the center of the plate, spoke fashion, to create a web design (or make other designs--use your imagination).
8. Place a chilled pear half, cut side down, on sauce.
9. Arrange thin slivers of orange rind on pear. Garnish plates with mint, if desired.
* Timesaver Tip: Pears can be steamed and Raspberry Sauce made up to a day ahead. Assemble dessert just before serving.
Source:
the California Culinary Academy
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