Usuba
Baked Pears with Spiced Filling
A tender pear dessert with an aromatic filling of dried fruits, spices, and nuts. Pears are baked with a sugary cinnamon-sugar glaze until soft, acquiring a caramel flavor. Perfect for festive tables and homemade treats.
- Total
- 90 min
- Standard serving
- 292.2 g
Ingredients
Total 13
Instructions
- 1
Step 1
Peel and finely chop one pear. Place it in a saucepan, pour rum over it, add dried currants, golden raisins, light brown sugar, ground almonds, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, minced ginger, lemon and orange zest and juice.
Bring to a boil, then reduce heat. Cook, stirring, for about 15 minutes until the mixture becomes soft. Remove from heat and let cool.
- 2
Step 2
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
- 3
Step 3
Grease the baking pan with butter. In a separate bowl, mix the remaining ground cinnamon and sugar.
- 4
Step 4
Using a small knife, peel the skin from the remaining pears in a spiral motion. Carefully remove the core from the base of the pears using a melon baller.
Divide the cooled filling between the pears and arrange them in a baking dish. Brush the pears with butter using a pastry brush and sprinkle with the cinnamon-sugar mixture.
Bake for about 40 minutes until the pears are soft.
- 5
Step 5
Let the pears cool for 10 minutes before serving.
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