Baked Pear with Cinnamon and Currants
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Jump to recipeTrade apples for pears in this easy-to-make (and easy-to-eat) dessert. This recipe is one of actress Tiffani Thiessen's many delicious creations from her best-selling cookbook, Pull Up a Chair: Recipes from My Family to Yours.
Ingredients
- 6
Anjou pears, halved lengthwise
- 3 Tbsp.
sugar
- 1 tsp.
ground cinnamon
- 3 Tbsp.
unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- 3/4 cup
white wine
- 1/2 cup
dried currants
Crème fraîche or mascarpone, for serving
Directions
- Step 1Heat oven to 375°F. Arrange pears, cut sides up, in shallow baking dish; sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon, then top each pear with 1 butter cube.
- Step 2Carefully pour wine into bottom of pan. Sprinkle currants over pears (it’s fine if some fall into wine) and bake until pears are tender, 40 to 50 minutes. Let cool 5 to 10 minutes.
- Step 3Transfer pears to plates and serve, drizzled with pan juices and currants and dolloped with crème fraîche if desired.
Nutritional Information (per serving): About 215 calories, 6 g fat (4 g saturated), 1 g protein, 5 mg sodium, 40 g carb, 6 g fiber
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