Baked Pear Fans

Ingredients

• Makes 4 Servings

• 2 pears, peeled, halved, and cored

• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter

• 1 tablespoon lemon juice, freshly squeezed

• 1/4 teaspoon ground pepper

• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger

• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

• 2 tablespoons water

• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375F. To make pear fans: make 1/4-inch lengthwise slices along length of each half-pear, starting 1/3-inch from the stem end and cutting all the way down toward the rounded end.Place butter in a 9-inch-square baking pan and melt on the stovetop. Add lemon juice, pepper, ginger, cinnamon and water to butter. Mix well. Place pears in the pan, rounded sides up. Cover with aluminum foil and bake until pears are fork tender, about forty minutes, turning once halfway through baking time.With a slotted spoon, transfer pear halves onto serving plates and carefully fan them out. Stir vanilla into sauce in pan. Place pan on stovetop and cook to reduce slightly, about 1 minute. Spoon sauce over pears and serve warm.