text: Roasted Pears – Small Wonder Nutrition
  Posted on September 16, 2009 by smallwonderfarm
  Fall is here and so are the pears. Our pear tree is several years away from producing, but the Farmer's Market is loaded with pears. I made one of our favorite desserts last night. The original recipe came from the "Splendid Table" American Public Radio show and website, but I have altered it to remove most of the sugar and use a natural sweetener.
  Heat oven to 400. Put 2 TB. of butter into a roasting pan and melt it in the oven. use pears of your choice. use as many as you want. for our family of three I used 6 pears. a little firm is better. Cut, core, and peel them into quarters of halves.
  Place them into the heated roasting pan with the butter. Add either the seeds from a whole vanilla bean, or a very healthy splash of vanilla extract. I also add a sprinkle of pie spice when I want. Add 3 TB of honey, maple syrup, or agave nectar and a splash of lime (or lemon) juice. Toss to coat the pears in this glaze.
  Roast the pears as long as you want. I did about 15 minutes. You can see in the pictures that they have browned (carmelized) a bit. Just don't roast so long they become mush. I have also made it with a splash of Frangelico or Amaretto. Also very good! Well what wouldn't be good without Frangelico (hazelnut liqueur).