Glazed cardamom pears - jeanne lemlin

2 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
tablespoonUnsalted butter
2tablespoonsLight brown sugar; firmly packed
2Pears; ripe
½teaspoonGround cardamom
¼cupWater
¼cupSour cream
2teaspoonsLight brown sugar; firmly packed

Directions

Peel, halve and core the pears. Preheat the oven to 400. Grease the bottom of a 9-inch pie plate or shallow baking dish with 1 T. of the butter and sprinkle on 1 T. of the brown sugar. Place the pears in the dish cut side down, and sprinkle on the cardamom and the remaining 1 T brown sugar. Pour the water into the dish.

Bake 30 minutes, turning the pears twice.

Meanwhile, mix the sour cream with the remaining brown sugar and chill until ready to serve.

Serve the pears warm or at room temperature, with any remaining syrup drizzled over them. Top each serving with a few spoonfuls of the sweetened sour cream.

Serves 2.

Recipe by: Quick Vegetarian Pleasures - Jeanne Lemlin Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by KSBAUM <KSBAUM@...> on Mar 29, 1998