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Elegant Sauteed Pears

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Pears are already sweet and to use them in a dessert you can create the sweetest of sweet desserts for someone that has a sweet tooth. This dessert looks simply elegant and is a popular dessert in french cuisine. Your lover will assume you took a culinary course just before you made him or her dinner.

Ingredients:

• 2 Tablespoons butter, divided
• 4 1/8-inch-thick Slices ginger root
• 2 Small Bosc pears
• 1 Tablespoon brown sugar
• 1 Tablespoon pear eau de vie or 1 tablespoon dark rum

Directions:

• Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a medium, heavy-bottomed skillet.
• Add ginger root and saute 1 to 2 minutes or until aromatic.
• Cut pears into quarters lengthwise and core. Cut crosswise into 1/4-inch-thick slices.
• Add remaining butter to skillet.
• Add pear slices and saute 1 minute.
• Sprinkle with sugar and toss pears to coat.
• Reduce heat to low and cook pears 5 minutes or until golden.
• Add the alcohol (whichever one you got).
• Turn heat up and cook 30 seconds, stirring pears constantly.
• Remove ginger root slices before serving.

Recommendations:
As a main dish we recommend the mango lobster served with the baked corn.
For the starter, we recommend the lobster bisque.

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