Baked Pears
 
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Serves: 4 servings
Ingredients
  • 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
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Place halved pears, cut side up, in a medium baking pan and dot with butter.
  3. Drizzle honey over the top of the pears. Sprinkle pear brandy over top, if using.
  4. Scatter crystallized ginger, star anise, cinnamon stick around pears.
  5. Bake for 15 minutes. Spoon butter and honey liquid over pears to baste.
  6. Bake another 10 minutes, or until the pears are tender.
  7. Remove from the oven and baste agin.
  8. Serve warm.
Recipe by The Gardener Cook at https://www.thegardenercook.com/baked-pears-crystallized-ginger-cinnamon-star-anise/