Vanilla Granola ( Bacon ) Pear Sundae

• bacon poached pears
• 3 tablespoons bacon fat
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
• 3 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1/2 vanilla bean scraped
• Dash salt
• 2 pears
• the sundae
• your favorite vanilla bean ice cream
• granola
• bacon caramel
• peanuts
• Pinch maldon sea salt

1. preheat oven to 350 degrees. in a saucepan, add your bacon fat, your brown sugar & the vanilla bean specks w/ a pinch of salt, over medium heat. bring to simmer and whisk until sugar dissolves.
2. cut top off pears & then into halves. scoop out center to create a small well. grease an oven proof glass casserole dish a little and add a little of the bacon "caramel", lay pears inside down and pour the rest of the carmel on top.
3. bake in the preheated oven until pears are tender to a fork. 40 - 50 minutes. let cool a bit, slice into thick tender moons.
4. add vanilla ice cream to every bowl, follow with slices of your pear, drizzle on some of the "bacon caramel", a good handful of your favorite crunchy granola, a tbsp or more of roasted peanuts on top of that, a little more caramel over all of that with a pinch of maldon sea salt on top. enjoy!

bacon, bacon fat, unsalted butter, brown sugar, vanilla bean scraped, salt, pears, your favorite vanilla bean ice cream, granola, bacon caramel, peanuts, salt

Taken from food52.com/recipes/21652-vanilla-granola-bacon-pear-sundae (may not work)