Baked Pears
Recipe By: Sheila McDuffie
Serves: 4 servings
- 4 pears, cut in half lengthwise
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- ½ cup honey
- 4 tablespoons pear brandy, optional
- 4 tablespoons crystallized ginger
- 3 star anise
- 1 4-inch cinnamon stick, broken into pieces
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Place halved pears, cut side up, in a medium baking pan and dot with butter.
- Drizzle honey over the top of the pears. Sprinkle pear brandy over top, if using.
- Scatter crystallized ginger, star anise, cinnamon stick around pears.
- Bake for 15 minutes. Spoon butter and honey liquid over pears to baste.
- Bake another 10 minutes, or until the pears are tender.
- Remove from the oven and baste agin.
- Serve warm.
Recipe by The Gardener Cook at https://www.thegardenercook.com/baked-pears-crystallized-ginger-cinnamon-star-anise/
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