OVEN BAKED WHOLE PEARS
This recipe is so simple, but it tastes as delicious as it looks.
Whole Juicy pears with the stems on baked in honey and topped with silvered almonds.
INGREDIENTS:
4 firm-ripe Posc pears peeled
1/2 cup honey
1/3 white wine
1 tablespoon melted unsalted butter
1/2 cup silvered almonds
STEPS:
Preheat the oven to 300 F.
Stand the pears in the bottom of ovenproof baking dish and drizzle with honey, white wine and melted butter. Sprinkle on the slivered almonds.
Bake basting occasionally with pan juice for about 1 hour or until tender and soft but not mushy. The pears are done when pierced with a knife.
Serve warm or at room temperature.