Pears Baked In Custard
Submitted by janiebakes on October 12, 2009 at 5:02 pm

DESCRIPTION
Pears baked in Custard

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INSTRUCTIONS
Pears baked in custard

As Fall approaches and pears become ripe I like to make this recipe for my family. It's a lovely warm dessert (fairly healthy too) on a cold dark evening. I got the recipe from the Kitchen Gardener magazine which used to be put out by Tauton Press.

Pears baked in Custard

Pre heat oven to 350 degrees

4 large or 6 small ripe pears
1 cup whole milk
3 eggs
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 1/2 tsp corn starch
2 Tbl cognac, pear brandy or vanilla extract
Butter for the baking dish
Nutmeg freshly grated if possible

Peel the pears, cut in half, remove the core and arrange in a well buttered 9x9 inch pan. Mix the milk, eggs, sugar, cornstarch and brandy or vanilla together very well. Grate some nutmeg on top and bake for about 40 minutes until the custared is set and starting to brown a little. Remove from the oven and sprinkle with turbinado sugar, and put back into the oven for about 5 minutes. Remove from oven and serve when the custard is still warm.

If you like pears better than custard, you can use enough pears (8-10) to fill a 9x13 dish and pour the same amount of custard over them and bake as directed. More of the pear sticks out of the custard than if you use a smaller pan and each serving has a smaller amount of custard.