Vanilla Pears With Ginger Ice Cream
By: Opies
Published: Monday, January 18, 2010 - 6:21am

Ingredients




Ginger Ice Cream
3 Large Eggs
45 grams Caster Sugar
450 ml Double Cream
6 pieces of Stem Ginger - finely cut
5 tablespoons Ginger Syrup
Pears
Opies Whole Baby Pears with Vanilla - drained

Preparation

1 Whisk the eggs and sugar together in a large bowl. 2 In another bowl whip the cream until soft peaks form 3 Fold the whipped cream into the egg and sugar mixture. 4 Add the chopped ginger and ginger syrup and gently combine. 5 Pour into a suitable freezer container and freeze for 24 hours.Gently stir the ice cream after approx 2 hours to ensure even distribution of the ginger pieces. Repeat this process after a further 1 hour freezing time 6 When the ice cream is ready remove from the freezer and allow to soften slightly. 7 To serve:- 8 Drizzle chocolate sauce in a zig zag over the serving plate. 9 Slice the pears thinly and gently arrange in a fan shape on the plate 10 Place two quenelles of ice cream next to the fanned pears and then lightly dust with icing sugar. Decorate with a few pieces of chopped ginger

About


Made using whole baby pears which have been preserved in a delicate syrup with a vanilla pod. 
Opies baby pears in vanilla are available from Waitrose and quality independent food stores.