Roasted Pears with Butterscotch Sauce & Pistachios

    This is basically the pear-fect fall dessert.
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    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.