Description
Baked pears with a warm ginger cream sauce is really and truly absolutely divine!
Ingredients
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- 4 large pears - if your pears are the type with a tough skin like a russet then best to peel them.
- 300 ml (1/2 pint, 1/1/4 cups) double cream/whipping cream
- 55 g (2 oz castor sugar,1/4 cup) fine castor sugar
- 2.5 ml 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract
- 1/4 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.