Roasted Pears with Butterscotch Sauce & Pistachios

Name: Roasted Pears with Butterscotch Sauce & Pistachios
Ingredients: 2/3 cup heavy cream; 1/2 cup (packed) brown sugar; 4 tbsp. butter, plus 1 tbsp. melted butter; 2 tsp. Scotch whisky; 2 pears, halved and cored; 1/2 cup chopped pistachios

This is basically the pear-fect fall dessert.

Author:: Renae Wilson
Publish date:: Nov 16, 2018

roasted pears with butterscotch sauce pistachios — Photography by Christopher Testani

Recipe by Renae Wilson


Start to Finish: 20 minutes	Servings: 4

Ingredients

2/3 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup (packed) brown sugar
4 tbsp. butter, plus 1 tbsp. melted butter
2 tsp. Scotch whisky
2 pears, halved and cored
1/2 cup chopped pistachios

Preparation

In saucepan, whisk cream, sugar, 4 tbsp. butter, Scotch, and 1/2 tsp. salt over low until sugar dissolves. Simmer until thickened, about 5 minutes. On foil-lined baking sheet, arrange pears, cut-side up. Brush with 1 tbsp. melted butter. Broil until browned in spots, about 5 minutes. Drizzle pears with butterscotch sauce. Top with pistachios.