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Marsala Baked Pears
Kelsey Ganes
60 minutes
6 servings
BeginnerPhoto by qwrrty on Flickr.
Total Steps
7
Ingredients
7
Tools Needed
3
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- creme fraiche
- 2 sticks cinnamon sticks, roughly broken
- 50 ml white wine
- 175 ml marsala wine
- 125 gram soft dark brown sugar
- 50 gram unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 6 ripe pears
Instructions
1
Step 1
Preheat oven to 180 C / 350 F / Gas Mark 4.
2
Step 2
Cut a small slice from each pear base, remove the core and leaving the top on.
3
Step 3
Smear the butter on the skin of each pear and stand in an oven proof dish.
4
Step 4
Dust with the sugar, pour over the Marsala and white wine and scatter over the broken cinnamon sticks.
5
Step 5
30 minutes
Cover loosely with foil and bake for 30 minutes.
6
Step 6
30 minutes
Remove the foil, lower the heat to 150 C, 300 F, Gas Mark 2 and bake for a further 30 minutes.
7
Step 7
Serve hot from the oven with the juices and creme fraiche.
Tools & Equipment
oven
oven proof dish
foil