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● Roasted Winter Fruit Trifle
2 tablespoons butter
2 Bartlett pears, peeled,
cored and halved
2 Fuji apples, peeled,
cored and halved
juice of 1 lemon
1 pint heavy cream
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1⁄4 cup sugar
1⁄4 cup Vin Santo, divided
8 ladyfingers
cinnamon sticks for garnish
mint sprigs for garnish
Special tools: mixer
Preheat the oven to 375°. Scatter dabs of the butter on a baking sheet, and place in the oven for 5 minutes, or until bubbly and brown. Toss the pear and apple halves with the lemon juice, and add them to the baking sheet, stirring to coat in the roasted butter. Return to the oven, and roast for 15 minutes, or until the fruit is tender. (The apples might roast faster and need to be removed sooner.) Remove from the oven, and set aside to cool. Cut the apples into quarters. Cut the pears in half lengthwise, and make five angled incisions in each piece from just below the stem through the length of the pear to create a fan.
Meanwhile, prepare the cinnamon-whipped cream: In the bowl of a mixer, combine the heavy cream, cinnamon, sugar and 2 tablespoons of the Vin Santo, and whip until light and fluffy. Brush each ladyfinger with the remaining Vin Santo, and quarter each one.
Place a layer of roasted apple in each of 4 glasses. Place 1 tablespoon of the whipped cream on top, followed by about 6 ladyfinger pieces, and another tablespoon of whipped cream. Top with the fanned pears and garnish with cinnamon sticks and mint. ● Serves 4
Wine
Suggestion, Dry & Crisp: Cabanon Elena NV