Ingredients
- 1 lemon
- 3 pears
- 150 ml maple syrup
- 3 oranges 150ml of juice
- 2 whole long pepper
- 1 vanilla pod
Servings:
Instructions
- Half fill a medium-sized mixing bowl with cold water. Cut the lemon in half and squeeze into the water. Preheat the oven to 200C/gas mark 6.
- Peel the pears and halve them from stem to base, then remove the cores , adding each fruit to the acidulated water as you go.
- Pour the maple syrup into a jug or mixing bowl, cut a couple of strips of zest from one of the oranges and drop into the maple syrup, then squeeze the remaining oranges. You need 150ml of juice.
- Stir the juice into the maple syrup. Drop in the long pepper and vanilla pod. Remove the halves of pears from the acidulated water and place them in a baking dish where they fit snugly, cut-side up.. Pour over the maple syrup, orange juice and spices.
- Bake, uncovered, for 45-50 minutes until the pears are thoroughly tender to the point of a skewer. Check their progress every 15 minutes or so, as the exact timing will depend on their ripeness.
- Serve warm, spooning the juices over the pears.
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