Desserts
Roasted Pears & Shortbread
Recipe by Ninja Kitchen
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For the shortbread
- 65g unsalted butter, room temperature
- 30g light brown soft or light muscovado sugar
- 75g plain flour
- 15g cornflour
- Pinch fine sea salt
For the roasted pears
- 6 (approx. 150g each) conference pears
- 2 small lemons
- 1 small orange
- 80ml honey
- 15g unsalted butter
- 2 tbsp water
- To serve crème fraîche
Utensils
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Step 1
Cream the butter, sugar and salt together in a bowl for about one minute. Combine the plain flour and cornflour together well before adding to the creamed mixture and mixing to bring together. Chill
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Step 2
Pat the mixture out onto a piece of baking parchment to a rectangle shape 16cm by 12cm. Place on a tray and chill for for 20-30 minutes, or until firm
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Step 3
Squeeze one of the lemons into a bowl and add enough cold water to eventually cover the pears. Peel the pears and place into the bowl as you go. With a peeler, peel 3-4 strips on both the remaining lemon and orange. Squeeze both and add the juice to a small saucepan along with the peel, honey, butter and 2 tablespoons of water. Heat to just dissolve the butter
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Step 4
When the shortbread dough is firm, prick all over with a fork and cut into 6 rough squares
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Step 5
Remove the crisper plates from both drawers. Arrange the pears lying down in the Zone 1 drawer. Pour all the juice and honey mixture over them then insert drawer in unit. Place the 6 shortbread biscuits in Zone 2 drawer, making sure to leave space around them then insert drawer in unit. There is no need to grease the drawer as the buttery biscuits won’t stick!
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Step 6
Select Zone 1, turn the dial to select ROAST, set temperature to 190°C and set time to 40 minutes. Select Zone 2, turn the dial to select BAKE, set temperature to 150°C and set time to 35 minutes. Press the dial to begin cooking
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Step 7
Carefully give the pears a turn and baste 2 to 3 times whilst they are cooking. Check that they are tender with a knife or you can roast them for longer
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Step 8
Remove the shortbread from the drawer with help of a small plastic spatula and place them on a rack to cool. The cooking juices can be reduced in a saucepan to desired consistency if necessary. Serve the pears and shortbread with crème fraîche
