Roasted Pears with Hazelnut Syrup and Candied Hazelnuts Recipe

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Roasted Pears with Hazelnut Syrup and Candied Hazelnuts
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Ingredients:

  • 1 cup water
  • 1 1/4 cups sugar
  • 3/4 cup hazelnuts
  • 6 firm-ripe bosc pears (about 2 1/4 lb total), stems intact
  • 3 tbsp hazelnut-flavored liqueur (preferably frangelico)
  • 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice , or to taste

Directions:

  1. In a small heavy saucepan simmer water with 1 cup sugar, stirring until sugar is dissolved. (Syrup may be made up to this point 2 days ahead and cooled completely before being chilled, covered.)
  2. Preheat oven to 350° F and lightly butter a shallow baking pan.
  3. Coarsely chop hazelnuts. Stir nuts into syrup and simmer 1 minute. With a slotted spoon transfer nuts to baking pan, arranging in one layer, and reserve syrup. Cut butter into pieces. Bake nuts in middle of oven until golden brown, about 15 minutes. Immediately add butter to nuts, tossing to coat and separate, and with a spatula transfer nuts to a plate to cool (nuts will crisp as they cool). (Nuts may be candied 2 days ahead and kept in an airtight container in a cool, dry place. Reserved syrup may be kept, covered and chilled, 2 days.)
  4. Lightly butter a shallow ovenproof kettle or casserole dish (about 12 by 2 1/2 inches). With a sharp knife trim a very thin slice from bottom of each pear to enable pears to stand upright. Dip and roll each pear in reserved syrup to coat completely. Transfer pears as coated to kettle, standing them upright, and sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup sugar. Add liqueur, lemon juice, and vanilla to remaining reserved syrup and pour down side of kettle or casserole.
  5. Roast pears, uncovered, in middle of oven until undersides are tender when pierced with a knife, about 30 minutes.
  6. Arrange pears on a serving platter. Spoon syrup around pears and sprinkle with candied nuts. Serve pears warm or at room temperature.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 310.08 Kcal (1298 kJ)
Calories from fat 96.17 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 10.69g 16%
Cholesterol 5.09mg 2%
Sodium 1.66mg 0%
Potassium 105.09mg 2%
Total Carbs 53.5g 18%
Sugars 25.32g 101%
Dietary Fiber 5.54g 22%
Protein 3.2g 6%
Vitamin C 9mg 15%
Iron 0.7mg 4%
Calcium 42mg 4%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 120.61 Kcal (505 kJ)
Calories from fat 37.41 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 4.16g 16%
Cholesterol 1.98mg 2%
Sodium 0.65mg 0%
Potassium 40.88mg 2%
Total Carbs 20.81g 18%
Sugars 9.85g 101%
Dietary Fiber 2.15g 22%
Protein 1.25g 6%
Vitamin C 3.5mg 15%
Iron 0.3mg 4%
Calcium 16.3mg 4%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 6.3
    Points
  • 8
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • sodium free,
  • cholesterol free

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