Mark Bittman

Pears “Poached” with Butter and Cream

Preparation info
  • Makes

    4

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      45 min

Appears in
The Best Recipes in the World: More Than 1,000 International Dishes to Cook at Home
The Best Recipes in the World

By Mark Bittman

Published 2005

  • About

More luxurious than the following recipe and great served hot, with a little sour cream or crème fraîche.

Ingredients

  • 4 tablespoons (½ stick) butter
  • 4 not quite fully ripe pears, preferably Bose, peeled, quartered, and cored

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 425°F. Put the butter in an ovenproof skillet over medium heat. When the butter foam subsides, add the pears and sugar; cook, turning the pears occasionally and allowing them to brown a bit, until quite soft, 15 to 20 minutes (longer if the p