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Cardamom Baked Pears
Food Ingredients:
1/4 cup white wine 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom pinch white pepper, optional 1/2 vanilla bean, halved lengthwise 2 firm ripe pears, such as Comice or Anjou, halved and seeded 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice 1 tablespoon unrefined sugar 1 teaspoon coconut oil or butter, divided into 4 pieces 2 tablespoons pine nuts, optional
Recipe preparation:
1 Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Place one oven rack in top of oven and one in middle of oven. Combine wine, cardamom and white pepper, if using, in a 8-inch square baking dish. Scrape vanilla bean seeds into wine mixture and add scraped pod. 2 Place two pears cut-side up in baking dish. Pour lemon juice over pears, allowing excess to spill over. Sprinkle with sugar and top each pear half with a margarine piece. Cover pan with foil, place on middle rack in oven and bake 30 minutes or until tender. 3 Remove foil; turn oven to broil and shift baking pan to top rack. Broil 5 minutes or until lightly browned. 4 Meanwhile, toast pine nuts in skillet over medium heat, shaking pan frequently, 4-5 minutes or until browned. 5 Transfer pears to serving plates, drizzle with juice from pan and sprinkle with pine nuts.
Recipe source: Foodista recipe
