Balsamic Roasted Pears With Pepper and Honey

"One of the recipes I found on the net (texasdrone.com) to use up a supply of wonderful pears. Simple, elegant and delicious. This recipe would work beautifully as either an appetizer or dessert."
 
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Ready In:
40mins
Ingredients:
6
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat oven to 400°F.
  • Melt butter in an 8-inch square glass baking dish in middle of oven, about 3 minutes.
  • Arrange pears, cut sides down, in 1 layer in butter and roast in middle of oven until tender, about 20 minutes.
  • Pour vinegar over pears and roast 5 minutes more.
  • Transfer pears, cut sides down, to serving plates with cheese and spoon some of juices from baking dish over pears. Drizzle pears and cheese with honey and sprinkle with pepper.

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Reviews

  1. I have made this recipe several times using manchego. I love it and everyone I have made it for has really enjoyed it. It is a sophisticated and delicious dessert.
     
  2. This is very good (made with goat cheese) and I can't wait to introduce other people to it. The mingling of the honey and vinegar is a happy blend and the addition of the pepper (which I used sparingly) adds a livening and unexpected accent. I think it would be helpful to have the pepper-to-taste actually appear in the ingredients list, as I was rushing through the directions a bit and almost left it out, until I caught sight of the word pepper in the name of the recipe.
     
  3. This is a yummy recipe. I made it for our wine club Cabernet tasting, and it was a big hit. I sliced the pears after roasting, and sprinkled the other ingredients on top.
     
  4. I had this for brunch this morning and just loved it! I used half balsamic and half raspberry balsamic. Mmm..mmmm! I used goat cheese. Thank you Evelyn!
     
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