Caramelized Pear, Sage, and Orange Biscuits
These Caramelized Pear, Sage, and Orange Biscuits are the perfect mixture of savory and sweet. Pears are caramelized with sage, giving a barely-there sweetness. Their delicious on their own, but make an amazing base for poached eggs!
Servings: 12 biscuits
Ingredients
- 1 Tbsp butter
- i cup Bartlett pear, diced
- 1 Tbsp chopped fresh sage
- 1 Tbsp brown sugar
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 5 Tbsp chilled butter, cut in to small pieces
- 3/4 cup buttermilk
- 2 tsp orange zest
- Cooking Spray
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
- Melt butter in nonstick skillet over medium heat. Sauté pear and sage in butter for about 8 minutes, or until pear is tender. Add brown sugar, and continue to sauté until sugar melts. Remove from heat.
- Lightly spoon flour in to measuring cup, leveling off with a knife. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl; cut in butter with pastry blender or two knives until mixture resembles coarse meal.
- Combine buttermilk and orange zest in a small bowl. Add to flour mixture, stirring until just combined. Fold in pears.
- Coat muffin tin with cooking spray. Drop dough in to prepared muffin tin. Bake at 450 for 13 minutes, or until biscuits are browned.
Notes
Original recipe from Cooking Light's, "Way to Bake".