Caramel pears in syrup halves - fruit layer for cake
Do you love experimenting with the flavors and textures of your desserts? Personally, I love it very much. And I want to share with you an idea on how to turn an ordinary pear (even a hard and unripe one) into a delicious delicacy that can be used to layer cakes or make desserts. A minimum of time and effort and you have a delicious treat - caramel pears in syrup. For such a transformation, you will need a minimum of products and active actions on your part. In my step-by-step photo recipe, I will show you all the nuances and tell you how you can use a pear boiled in caramel syrup to layer homemade cakes and make delicious desserts.
Ingredients:
- pears - 6 pcs.;
- sugar - 150 gr;
- water - 0.5 l;
- ground cinnamon - 1 tsp;
- citric acid - to taste;
- orange or lemon zest - to taste.
How to cook pears in syrup halves
The first step is to make the caramel syrup. To do this, in a dry saucepan with a thick bottom, we need to melt the sugar. It is better to do this on a fire slightly above average, periodically stir the sugar with a spoon so that it warms up evenly and does not burn near the walls of the dish. When all the sugar has melted, wait for a rich amber color. Do not overcook the caramel to a dark brown color - it will be bitter and there will be an unpleasant smell of burnt sugar.
Carefully pour hot water into the amber caramel. Boil the contents of the saucepan until the caramel is completely dissolved in water. Add citric acid to the syrup to taste - it will immediately brighten, as it should be.
For caramelization, it is better to take hard pears. Too soft will instantly boil soft and instead of an exquisite delicacy, you will get liquid jam. Cut them in half, remove the core and remove the peel.
Dip the prepared slices into the caramel syrup, add ground cinnamon or a whole stick. Optionally, you can add the zest of half a lemon or orange cut with a ribbon.
Bring the pears to a boil and cook them until soft. Readiness is checked with a knife: it should effortlessly pass through the fruit pulp. This will take 5-15 minutes. Cooking time depends on the variety and ripeness of the fruit.
We take out the finished caramel pears and let them cool, and then, use it as fantasy tells.
You can cut them into pieces and add as a fruit layer to a cake or pastry.
A very tasty jelly layer for the cake will turn out if the pieces of such pears are poured with strained syrup in which they were cooked, with the addition of gelatin or agar-agar. Such caramel pears go well with custards , as well as with butter and curd creams. The easiest and fastest way to prepare a spectacular pear dessert is to simply serve a sliced delicacy, pouring melted chocolate along with a scoop of ice cream.
Experiment and delicious masterpieces!
