Name: Baked Pears with Wine and Walnut Cream
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: Pears, peeled - 4; Red wine, or more to taste - 10 fluid ounces; Dark brown sugar, packed - ½ cup; Vanilla bean, split and seeds scraped out and reserved - 1; Orange, peeled and juiced (peel reserved) - 1; Shelled walnuts, divided - 7 ounces; Heavy whipping cream - ½ cup; Sour cream - ½ cup; Orange, zested and juiced - 1; Dark brown sugar, or as needed - 2 teaspoons

Ingredients for - Baked Pears with Wine and Walnut Cream

1. Pears, peeled 4

2. Red wine, or more to taste 10 fluid ounces

3. Dark brown sugar, packed ½ cup

4. Vanilla bean, split and seeds scraped out and reserved 1

5. Orange, peeled and juiced (peel reserved) 1

6. Shelled walnuts, divided 7 ounces

7. Heavy whipping cream ½ cup

8. Sour cream ½ cup

9. Orange, zested and juiced 1

10. Dark brown sugar, or as needed 2 teaspoons

How to cook deliciously - Baked Pears with Wine and Walnut Cream

1 . Stage

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

2 . Stage

Arrange pears in an oven-proof pan with a tight-fitting lid; add red wine, 1/2 cup brown sugar, vanilla bean and seeds, and the peel and juice of 1 orange. Bring pear mixture to a boil; sprinkle with half the walnuts.

3 . Stage

Bake the pear mixture in the preheated oven until pears are tender, 20 to 30 minutes, basting pears with red wine syrup every 10 minutes. Remove from oven and cool; remove the vanilla bean and orange peel from the red wine syrup.

4 . Stage

Arrange the remaining walnuts on a baking sheet and bake in the preheated oven until toasted and fragrant, 5 minutes.

5 . Stage

Place the toasted walnuts in a food processor and pour in the red wine syrup; pulse until paste-like consistency. Transfer to a bowl. Whisk cream, sour cream, zest and juice of 1 orange, and 2 teaspoons brown sugar into walnut-red wine paste until smooth.

6 . Stage

Serve walnut-cream sauce over baked pears.