Fresh pears with spicy yam topping
6 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Bosc pears | |
| 6 | tablespoons | Butter or margarine |
| 1 | can | Cut yams (16 oz.),drained |
| ½ | teaspoon | Orange peel, grated |
| ⅛ | teaspoon | Ground cinnamon |
| dash | Salt | |
| 2 | tablespoons | Brown sugar, packed |
Directions
Pare, core and slice 1 pear; saute in 4 tb. butter or margarine for abt. 10 min. Puree in food processor or blender with yams, orange peel, cinnamon and salt. Halve and core the remaining 3 pears.
Place pears, cut side up, in a buttered shallow baking dish. Pipe about ¼ cup yam mixture into center of each pear healf, using a pastry bag with large star tip. Dot each with about 1 tsp. butter or margarine.
Sprinkle each with 1 tsp. brown sugar. Bake, uncovered, in preheated 350 F. oven for about 30 minutes or until pears are tender.
Serve as dessert or as a side dish with roast beef or pork.
NOTE: Yam mixture may be mounded into the center of pear halves with a soup spoon or ice cream scoop.