Thursday, October 6, 2011

Honey Caramel Cardamom Pears

I need to get one of the cookbooks I used from the library (or buy myself a copy) before I can post Peter and Heather's wedding cake recipe.  So sorry for the delay. 

In the meantime, get some pears and make these.  Be sure to use the hazlenuts, all of the flavors work together perfectly.

You don't have to pay attention to the temperature.  We kept our caramel at a low boil (not a simmer) and used the cold water test to gauge when it had reached soft ball stage.  Just drop some caramel in a cup of ice cold water and if you can roll it into a ball with your fingers you are at the right temperature.  Let the caramel cool before dipping your pears or it will slide off, make sure you used chilled pears, and after dippin roll in the crushed and toasted hazlenuts.  Happy fall.

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