Serves: 4-6
Difficulty: Easy
Time: 40 minutes
Ingredients:
3 Tru-Cape abate fetel pears
45ml (3 tbsp) maple syrup
30g (¼ cup) pecans, chop half and leave the others whole
A pinch of ground cinnamon
Plain yoghurt, vanilla ice cream or cream, to serve
Method:
1) Preheat oven to 180°C.
2) Cut the pears into quarters and place on greased baking tray.
3) Drizzle with the maple syrup. Scatter with the nuts and a sprinkling of cinnamon powder.
4) Bake for about 20 minutes - drizzle the pears with the pan juices after 10 minutes.
5) Serve piping hot with ice cream, dollops of yoghurt or cream.
*Abate fetel is a distinctive long-necked, almost banana shaped pear that's good for cooking and baking; it's ripe when soft to the touch.
