Baked pears with a warm ginger cream sauce is really and truly absolutely divine!

Yellow and white baking dish with baked fruit on a red background.

A baked pears recipe in a warm ginger cream sauce is really and truly absolutely divine. It is a wonderful dessert for your family or for entertaining. And the best part is - it is so easy to make, in fact you could let your kids do this one for you! They will love it!

There really so many delicious fruit dessert recipes and if this is your thing then you will enjoy Peach Melba.

Pears can also be prepared in so many wonderful ways like Pears In Red Wine.

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Baked Pears In Warm Ginger Sauce

Judith Coates

Baked pears with a warm ginger cream sauce is really and truly absolutely divine!

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Servings people

Ingredients

▢ 4 large pears - if your pears are the type with a tough skin like a russet then best to peel them.
▢ 300 ml ½ pint, 1/1/4 cups double cream/whipping cream
▢ 55 g 2 oz castor sugar,¼ cup fine castor sugar
▢ 2.5 ml ½ teaspoon of vanilla extract
▢ ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
▢ Pinch of freshly grated nutmeg
▢ 1 teaspoon grated fresh root ginger

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 180 C (350F,Gas 2)
Lightly butter a shallow baking dish.
Peel and halve the pears, removing the cores.
Place the pears flat side down in the dish.
Mix the cream, sugar, cinnamon, vanilla extract, nutmeg and ginger together.
Pour the mixture over the pears and place in the pre-heated oven.
Bake for about half an hour or until the pears are soft and golden brown. Baste at intervals.
Cool before serving.