Pear Puff Pastry

When you think of fall baking all kinds of delicious things with either apples or pumpkins come to mind. But you know what?! I think pears might just be my favorite fall fruit. When they’re ripe they’re bursting with the sweetest of juices even before they’ve been baked. Perfection right?!!!

So this fall I will be doing much more experimenting with pears starting with this super easy puff pastry dessert!

Here’s the recipe.

INGREDIENTS

• 3 large ripe pears
• 1/4 cup of white sugar
• 1/4 cup of brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon of cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon of nutmeg
• 6 thin slices of butter
• 1 puff pastry sheet
• 1 egg white

DIRECTIONS

• Preheat your oven to 180 degrees. Grease a  baking sheet lightly with cooking spray.
• Clean, slice in half and remove any seeds from the pears. Try and leave the stem intact.
• In a small bowl mix the sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg and set aside.
• Place the puff pastry sheet on a lightly floured surface and trace your pear halves  with a sharp knife – make sure your pastry cut outs are about a 1/2 inch  larger around the border than the actual pear.
• Place the pear puff pastry cut outs on your baking sheet and lay the butter slices in the middle of each pastry.
• Next roll the pears in the sugar mixture, then lay them  on the puff pastries.
• Use the left over puff pastry dough to make leaves. I used a leaf pastry cutter to make mine. Assemble the leaves on the pastry.
• Next brush the  leaves and edges of the puff pastry with the egg whites and sprinkle lightly with white sugar.
•  Bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown!
• Let cool for 5 minutes then serve warm with a scoop of ice cream.