Pears are one of the sweetest harbingers of autumn. And Riesling is my favorite wine. We love wine poached pears so when I saw this recipe in Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams at Home, I knew I had to try it. It’s smooth, not too sweet, and refreshingly delicious.
I made 3 slight changes to Jeni’s directions:
I used an Immersion Blender right in the pan instead of using a blender to create the puree. It’s just a lot easier to clean up that way.
Maybe it’s because I’m from California, and maybe it’s because I’m a nerd, but I try to avoid using plastic bags. So, I poured the warm pears into a large Pyrex measuring cup and set it in an ice bath. The spout on the measuring cup made it really easy to pour right into the drum of the ice cream maker.
And, I added a pinch of salt to enhance the flavor.
This week’s French Fridays with Dorie challenge is for these tiny soft cakes, infused with honey and spice which are the perfect accompaniment to sorbet. They’re easy to make ahead and store in the refrigerator right up until you’re ready to bake them, so you can serve them warm with just a light dusting of powdered sugar. This also makes them a perfect make-ahead dessert for company.
This combination of flavors is sure to excite your palette for the taste of fall.
Happy Autumn!
Foodness Gracious says
Great post and a great choice of Scotch! I need to try these maddy things 🙂
Take care,
Pacheco Patty says
Love all your ice cream making tips Susan, I will try this ice cream flavor as I have the Jeni’s ice cream cook book. Your madeleines look perfect and delicious with the ice cream. I agree this is a great make ahead dessert;-)
Cher says
What a lovely “pear”ing. Have a great weekend!
Ei says
Screw the madeleines, I want that sorbet!! That sounds awesome. Glad they made such a beautiful pairing!
SoupAddict says
Cher: pungroan! But Cher’s right, that is a lovely pairing (and you’re not alone with the plastic bag thing with Jeni’s recipes – lots of folks scratch their heads over that suggestion, but, her ice cream is still so lovely….)
Kathy says
Those madeleines look fabulous! And served with pear sorbet…amazing! Cher’s right…great pairing!
Jessica of My Baking Heart says
Yum! Beautiful little madeleines – and Happy Fall to you, too! 🙂
Adriana says
Ah, because dessert can almost be an amazing meal unto itself… great post, Susan! The sorbet looks wonderful and decadent – as must have been the madeleine with the aged scotch. I should try that with port soon!
Sis. Boom. says
I think the pear sorbet is as about as perfect as you can get to go with these things. GREAT CHOICE! I want to make some!
Lizzy says
Your madeleines look perfect! Glad you both enjoyed these. And great combo with the pear ice cream…that sounds so lovely and refreshing. Have a great weekend!!!
Cher says
Just had to hop back say I can’t get that pear sorbet off my mind 🙂
Elaine says
Mmm…the combination of the sorbet with the madeleines sounds fantastic! I like your tip of using the pyrex measuring cup for the ice bath. Happy first day of fall. Hope you have a good weekend!
onewetfoot.com says
Wow – what a wonderful combination! An ice cream maker is on my ‘to get’ list. That sorbet is certainly an incentive. I love the dish you served the madeleines in.
dulceshome.com says
Wow, where to start… your madeleines look wonderful, but the sorbet… and then the scotch. Wow! What an amazing fall combination! Just lovely!
Kris' Kitchen says
Just sends me into dreamland to read your post. And since we are next door to CA, I’m becoming more of a nerd too…it rubs off since we are so close, but it’s pretty hard to keep away from plastic with my big family…sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do. I find myself washing glass jars that used to hold ingredients from the grocery store and using them to store other foods…instead of using plastic. That way I’m more like CA…recycling here at home and non-plastic. So I’m proud of you for being a nerd…you CA folks help keep us on track. Anyway…back to your foods. Beautiful and so delicious looking and really quite perfect. I’ve been trying Jeni’s ice creams too. Nice when creative people get us out of the box.
Betsy says
The pear sorbet sounds so perfect for the first weekend of fall. Your madeleines are so perfectly “humpy”. Nice combination!
oneexpatslife says
That sorbet sounds delicious! Riesling is one of my favorite whites as well and the pairing with pear sounds perfect. May have to give that one a try.
Anonymous says
YUMMOOOO!!!
Candy says
This sorbet is next on my list from Jeni’s book. Looks great!