Broiled Caramelized Pears with Toasted Almonds

Preparation info
  • Makes

    4

    Servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Lighter, Quicker, Better: Cooking for the Way We Eat Today

By Richard Sax and Marie Simmons

Published 2000

  • About

This dessert is made in minutes. It’s an easy method that can be used with other fruits: in summer, peaches or nectarines; in winter, sliced ripe pineapple.

Ingredients

  • 3 ripe Bartlett, Anjou, or Comice pears, scrubbed, quartered, cored, and thinly sliced
  • 1 tablespoon firmly packed light brown sugar

Method

  1. Place the broiler rack about 3 inches from source of heat. Heat the broiler.
  2. Arrange the pears in a shallow flameproof dish in slightly-overlapping rows or concentric circles. Sprinkle with some of the brown sugar.
  3. Broil until the sugar has caramelized and th