When I first landed my eyes on this recipe, it was love at first sight. I saw an elegant, eatable, sculpting piece of art. What makes this dessert so special? Pretty much everything! From preparation to presentation, this dessert is creative, fun, tasteful and very easy to make.
These little innocent pears are wrapped in phyllo pastry sheets, and stuffed with some key ingredients that will bring an explosion of flavors inside of you mouth.
Have your dinner guests amazed by your culinary talent this Christmas or any other special event. Serve these stuffed pears as the main dessert to end your party in style.
Stuffed Pears
Adapted from Jamie’s Kitchen
Ingredients
- 4 ripe pears (I used Bosc pears)
- ¼ cup blanched almonds
- 8 tbs butter, divided
- ¼ cup sugar (plus more to sprinkle over the phyllo dough
- 1/8 tsp. vanilla
- Zest of one orange
- 3 oz good quality dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids)
- 8 phyllo pastry sheets (two per pear)
Directions
2. Add your blanched almonds to the food processor and process them until very fine.
Note: To blanch almonds, bring water to a boil. Turn water off and put your raw almonds inside. Let it sit there for about 2 minutes. You will see the outside wrinkling. Place almonds in cold water and start to peel the outside. They should look white after that.
3. In a bowl, mix the almonds, four tablespoons butter, sugar, orange zest and vanilla. Have the chocolate chopped and also added to the bowl. Mix everything well until nice and smooth. Divide the mixture into four equal parts.
4. Have all the pears peeled, cored and ready to be stuffed. Add the almond mixture to each pear. Put the rest of the mixture aside.
5. Have one sheet of phyllo pastry ready to use. Cut it in half. Melt the butter and start brushing the phyllo dough with it. Sprinkle some sugar each time. Carefully add some of the almond mixture on top of the phyllo dough.
6. Put the pear on the mixture and very carefully start wrapping it, and brushing with the melted butter as needed.
7. Repeat the process for each pear. You should have two full sheets of phyllo dough cut in half and wrapped around one pear.
8. To bake the pears, have a cookie sheet covered with parchment paper, place the pears on top of the prepared cookie sheet and baked them for about 25 to 30 minutes, until pastry is golden and crisp.
The best way to eat this scrumptious dessert is when it comes out hot from the oven. Serve it with a good quality vanilla ice cream.
Hummm, The best for last!
Enjoy the season of light and let it shine!
Beautiful presentation from start to finish. I bought way to many pears last week and now I know what to with them. I may use walnuts instead of almonds. Thanks!
So glad you are going to be able to use your pears! Walnuts is a great idea too. You are so creative!
Oh man, that looks like the most perfect, gorgeous, fancy dessert ever
Wonderful recipe!
The best part… It is very easy to make. Glad you like it!
this has realy caught my attention, the thought of pears, chocolate, almonds and filo pastry. i will have to try this at Christmas, at my parents i think they will love it.
thank you and i think that Travis was right in encouraging you to do the blog. lovely to read about your family also and where your love of cooking came from.
Ana Helena-
There you go again, making my mouth water, and I was one who got to actually taste this one!
So proud of you dear…using and sharing your gifts in this way.
Looking forward to the next one!
-Travis (Grateful Husband).
To com agua na boca.
Now that’s exactly who you get kids to eat more fruit…
Oh my word. Wow. What a beautiful dessert! I love the combinations of flavors and I love dark chocolate and almonds. Super jealous of whoever got to eat these (looks like your husband was one of the luckies).
Amazing..What a great idea, and recipe is must try..Beautiful photos sweetie!!!
Oh my goodness – I forgot how much I love the pear/chocolate combination. And you’ve stuffed them as well. So delicious. Will be making this for Christmas.
What an incredibly elegant and delicious looking dessert! Just beautiful.
Ana, que receita maravilhosa! Adorei! Suas fotos estão lindas! parabéns!
Wow, I love how you assemble this pear dessert…like the different texture and layers…so elegantly presented.
Feliz Natal e um Ano Novo repleto de muitos sorrisos Ana Helena
What a beautiful and elegant presentation you’ve done with these pears! Paired with almonds and chocolate is a sure winner with me. I have a couple of pears in the fridge…I’m going to give this a try this eve.
Thx for the inspiration!!
These are just heavenly…I must give them a try
Wow!
ANA HELENA, ALÉM ESTAR UM LINDO VISUAL,DEVE ESTAR UMA MARAVILHA PELOS INGREDIENTES DIVINOS….ESTOU DANDO UMA VOLTA EM SEUS SITE E BLOGS E PAGES ..UMA BELEZA MAS NOA ME CANSO DE ELOGIAR SUAS FOTOS…E OLHA,OLHEI MUITOS,SUA FOTOS ESTÃO PERTO DO REAL…..MAMÃE
Obrigada mae pelo insentivo!Beijos e saudades.
Hello….can these be made ahead of time and put into the oven later???