Easy Ginger Pear Puffs

 Easy Ginger Pear Puffs

6 Servings | 10-minute Prep Time | 45-minute Cook Time

Ingredients

3 Pears

9” x 10” rectangle of Puff Pastry, store-bought or homemade

1 Egg Yolk

1 Tbsp Filtered Water

6 Tbsp Honey 

For Poaching Liquid:

1 Vanilla Bean

6 inches of Fresh Ginger, peeled and sliced

1 Cinnamon Stick

Filtered Water

Instructions

Wash and peel pears.

Place the pears in a small saucepan and add enough water to cover the tops.

Add additional poaching liquid ingredients to pan.

Bring to a boil over medium-high heat and then let simmer until the pears are fork-tender. About 8 minutes.

Remove pears from liquid using a slotted spoon and let cool.

Once cool enough to handle, cut each pear in half and remove the cores by scooping them out with a spoon.  The ends of the pears should be able to be easily pinched off.

Cut puff pastry into 6, 2” x 5” portions.

Place a pear, cut side down onto the center of each pastry.

Brush the pastry with egg wash made from egg yolk and filtered water.

Bake for 30 minutes, or until pastry is golden brown.

Remove from oven, let cool slightly, then drizzle with honey.

Serve immediately.

 

To make bite-sized versions of this recipe:

Finely chop the pears after they are poached.

Spoon 1 ½ tablespoons of the cut fruit onto the sheet of puff pastry and cut out small rounds, leaving about ½ of pastry around each spoonful of fruit.

Bake for 20 minutes, or until golden brown.

Drizzle with honey once cooled, or glaze with a mixture of warmed, seedless fruit preserves. 

Serve immediately.