Pears in Caramel Sauce

Summary by Krater

Jacques Pépin demonstrates how to make pears in caramel sauce by boiling peeled pear quarters in sugar syrup, caramelizing the remaining syrup, adding heavy cream, and serving the pears with the caramel sauce, pepitas, and pound cake.

From the video

Answers: How do you make pears in caramel sauce?

• pears in caramel sauce
• peeled pear preparation
• caramel sauce with heavy cream
• dessert plating

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup water
• 2 firm pears
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• pepitas, pumpkin seeds
• pound cake

What it concludes

• Ripe pears take about two minutes of cooking, while harder pears take ten to twelve minutes.
• The pear caramel sauce can be made ahead of time and should cool for an hour to an hour and a half to get much thicker.