Salted honey caramelized pears
Sweet sauces
When you’re entertaining for family and friends, it’s good to have a simple yet impressive dessert up your sleeve. This is that dessert for me –and you’ll be just as proud serving it as something that takes you three times as long to prepare. <br /> <br />Recently my husband and I ate at Craft in NYC, and for dessert, we had an unforgettable salted honey ice cream. I’ve been obsessed with salted honey ever since. I knew I wanted to combine it with pears as soon as I saw this week’s contest theme. I decided to create a salted honey caramel, then roast a few halved pears in the sauce (basting a few times along the way) until they’re soft and the sauce bubbly. To make the sauce, I used turbinado instead of granulated sugar, both water and pear juice (a nod to Karen DeMasco’s caramelized roasted peaches) and a few sprigs of lemon thyme while roasting the pears (a nod to Claudia Fleming’s chestnut honey-roasted pears). It’s a completely addictive, easy-to-prepare dessert – one that uses a single pan (an important detail if you detest washing dishes like I do) and can be easily doubled, tripled, etc. depending on your number of guests. <br /> <br />The pears are delicious served on their own, or with some crème fraiche, ricotta or vanilla ice cream on the side. They’d also be fabulous with a simple pound cake or almond cake. Or even as a topping for pancakes or greek yogurt…the possibilities are endless! <br />
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