Baked Asian Pear And Banana With Date Sauce And Walnuts Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Arrange pears in an oven-proof pan with a tight-fitting lid; add red wine, 1/2 cup brown sugar, vanilla bean and seeds, and the peel and juice of 1 orange. Bring pear mixture to a boil; sprinkle with half the walnuts.
• Bake the pear mixture in the preheated oven until pears are tender, 20 to 30 minutes, basting pears with red wine syrup every 10 minutes. Remove from oven and cool; remove the vanilla bean and orange peel from the red wine syrup.
• Arrange the remaining walnuts on a baking sheet and bake in the preheated oven until toasted and fragrant, 5 minutes.
• Place the toasted walnuts in a food processor and pour in the red wine syrup; pulse until paste-like consistency. Transfer to a bowl. Whisk cream, sour cream, zest and juice of 1 orange, and 2 teaspoons brown sugar into walnut-red wine paste until smooth.
• Serve walnut-cream sauce over baked pears.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Grease 2 loaf pans.
• In a large bowl cream together butter, sugar, Splenda, vanilla, orange extract, and eggs.
• Put into your blender 2 peeled bananas and half the can of pears (not juice). Puree.
• Stop blender and add cinnamon and enough pears to equal 2 cups of puree total. Blend again until all is smooth.
• Add the flour, soda and salt to the bowl of creamed butter and sugar mixture.
• Now add the fruit puree and the sour cream to the mixture and mix well.
• Fold in chopped dates.
• Scoop half the batter into each loaf pan and bake for about 1 hour.
• After 1 hour test center of loaf with a toothpick, if it comes out clean your bread is done, if not bake another 10 minutes and try again.
• Cool for at least 30 minutes before serving.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F. Slice pears (either with a very sharp knife or in food processor with the slicing blade) 1/8-inch thick. Spread pears in a single layer on a nonstick baking sheet and sprinkle with Splenda, cinnamon and allspice. Bake until crisp, about 9 to 12 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Put pear wedges in an 8-inch baking dish. Cover with foil, and bake until beginning to soften, about 20 minutes. Add banana; dot with butter. Bake, uncovered, until fruit is softened and pale golden, 20 to 25 minutes more.
• Process dates, lemon juice, and cinnamon in a food processor until dates are coarsely chopped. With machine running, gradually add 1 cup cold water; process until smooth. Transfer to a saucepan. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat; cook until thickened, 3 to 5 minutes. Serve immediately, or refrigerate, airtight, up to 2 days; reheat before serving.
• Divide fruit between 2 plates. Drizzle with date sauce; sprinkle with walnuts. Top each with 2 tablespoons yogurt.