Feista Pear Dessert

So, I had a bunch of pears that we were eating and enjoying, but not fast enough! So I found this recipe for an amazing pear dessert. We have always loved fried ice ice cream, but it's a ton of work and time consuming. When I found this it reminded me of fried ice cream but not as much work and no frying. If you don't have pears you could easily substitute apples. Hope you enjoy!

Here is what you'll need:

4 Bartlett pears, cored and diced

1/2 c. white sugar

1 T cornstarch

2 t. ground cinnamon

1 t. lemon zest

1/2 c. graham cracker crumbs

1/2 c. chopped pecans

1 quart vanilla ice cream

6 (8 inch) flour tortillas

1/4 c. honey

1 t. ground cinnamon

1 T white sugar

I didn't want to fry the tortillas, so I baked them. I just brushed each tortilla with a bit of butter and sprinkled them with cinnamon/sugar. On a cookie sheet turn empty soup cans or soda cans upside down and form the tortilla over the top.  Bake for 10 minutes or until lightly brown.

Combine pears, sugar, cornstarch, 1 teaspoon cinnamon and lemon zest. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil; cook 1 minute longer then let mixture cool.

Combine cookie crumbs, pecans and remaining cinnamon. Form ice cream into 4 - 6 balls (one for each tortilla bowl) roll in crumb mixture then place in freezer for 20 minutes.

When firm place an ice cream ball in each tortilla bowl. Top with cool pear mixture, the drizzle with chocolate and top with whipping cream.  If desired you may brush tortilla bowl with honey and dust with ground cinnamon/sugar before filling with ice cream.

If nothing else they looked really cool, but I promise they really do taste wonderful.  It was a little work but I enjoyed it, everyone thought they were great, hope you do too!