Pears were on sale the other day and I vaguely remembered that I had a lot of pear recipes yet to try, so I picked a few up on spec. In the end, I was feeling too tired to do anything very involved last night, so I skipped over the upside down cake and the custard tart and the various other options in favour of this very, very simple roast pear dessert. The pears are simply oven-roasted with butter, glazed with a bit of honey and returned to the over for a few minutes, and then topped with a slice of brie. The recipe suggests adding a few toasted almond slices if desired, but TF and I both decided that we wanted ours plain.

Honey-Roasted Pears with Brie

Slightly adapted from Dessert of the Day by Kim Laidlaw

Ingredients

• 4 pears, halved and cored
• 1-2 Tbsp. butter¹
• 2-4 Tbsp. honey
• 125g brie
• toasted sliced almonds, to serve (optional)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 200°C (400°F) and grease a large baking dish with some of the butter.
2. Place the pears, cut-side-down, into the prepared tin/dish.
3. Melt the remaining butter and brush it over the skin of the pears.
4. Roast at 200°C (400°F) until pears are tender (15-30 minutes, depending on firmness of pears).
5. Flip pears over and brush with honey. Return to oven for 5 minutes.
6. Serve pears topped with cheese and almonds (if using).

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¹ The original recipe called for 1/4 c. of butter, but I thought that seemed like way too much, so I cut it back to just 2 Tbsp. That said, I think it probably would've been fine with even less butter and I'd be inclined to try using just 1 Tbsp. next time. ^Back