Bryna Parsels Wins the Kozy Shack® Recipe Showdown with Her Glazed Pears a la Kozy Shack®

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Bryna Parsels has won the Kozy Shack® Recipe Showdown, a nationwide contest to benefit the Dream Foundation and highlight creative ways to use Kozy Shack® puddings in sweet and savory recipes.  With her delicious Glazed Pears a la Kozy Shack® recipe, Parsels edged out semifinalist Julie Beckwith and her Kozy Shack® Chocolate-Almond Truffle Pops.  

The two semifinalists met today at the Iron Chef-style showdown, where the winner was chosen by celebrity judges Brad Garrett and Doris Roberts from the hit CBS television series "Everybody Loves Raymond" and Kozy Shack® representatives.  The Kozy Shack® Recipe Showdown benefits the Dream Foundation, the first and largest national wish organization for adults and their families battling life-threatening illness, with a $75,000 donation to the cause.  

Parsels, a shift supervisor from Princeton, NJ, beat out more than 400 entrants on her way to the grand prize - $10,000 kitchen makeover.  

Kozy Shack® Recipe Showdown Winning Recipe

Here is Bryna Parsels' winning Glazed Pears a la Kozy Shack® recipe:  

Preparation

Stir 1 teaspoon vanilla extract into Kozy Shack® pudding, mix well and return pudding to refrigerator.

Mix both types of wine, water, sugar, cinnamon, and vanilla in a medium-sized pot over medium heat. While sauce is heating, peel pears and cut a slice off the bottom so they can stand on their own. Once water is boiling put pears in on their side. Simmer pears over medium/medium-high heat with lid on for 10 – 20 minutes, turning every 3 minutes or so, until pears are just tender when poked with a fork. Remove pears to a plate or cutting board to cool.

Turn heat up under sauce and bring to a rapid boil until liquid reduces drastically in volume and is a thicker sauce, 10-20 minutes. Remove from heat.

While waiting for pears to cool gently fold 2 tablespoons of the Kozy Shack® pudding into the whipped topping and set aside.

Once pears are cool scoop out the core and part of the center of the pear from the bottom using a melon-baller or a small metal measuring spoon. Put 1/2 cup Kozy Shack® pudding into a plastic zippered bag. Push the pudding to one corner and cut that corner off the bag. Squeeze pudding into cavity in pears.

To serve, stand 1 pear up on a plate, drizzle with glaze, and garnish with a dollop of the whipped topping and pudding mix. Put one mint leaf on the whipped topping.

Here are the recipes of the two finalists and the eight first-prize winners.  

About Kozy Shack®:

Noted as a "Supermarket Gem" by The New York Times, for its ready-to-eat wholesome and delicious taste, Kozy Shack® traditional products meet today's consumer lifestyle. For more than 40 years, Kozy Shack® has been providing the finest-quality, ready-to-eat refrigerated desserts. Packaged for convenience, the products are available in ready-to-serve portions in the dairy cases of food retailers across the country.  For this and other Kozy Shack® products, visit us at www.kozyshack.com or become a fan on Facebook.

About Dream Foundation

The mission of Dream Foundation is to enhance the quality of life for individuals and their families battling life-threatening illness. With approximately 2,000 dream requests annually, Dream Foundation relies on donations of cash, airline miles and other resources to make dreams come true. For more information visit www.dreamfoundation.org or call (805) 564-2131.

SOURCE Kozy Shack