Description
Elevate your dessert game with Buttery Roasted Pears, featuring caramelized skin and a melt-in-your-mouth interior, perfectly balanced with brown butter and warm spices.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 ripe Bosc or Anjou pears, halved and cored
- 4 tbsp unsalted butter, browned
- 1–2 tbsp honey or maple syrup, to taste
- 1 tsp fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- Pinch of grated nutmeg
- 2 tbsp toasted walnuts or pecans, roughly chopped
- Flaky sea salt, for garnish
- Fresh thyme leaves, for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C). Line a baking tray with parchment and arrange pear halves cut-side up.
- In a small skillet, melt the butter over medium heat until the solids turn golden brown, about 3–4 minutes.
- Stir in honey, lemon juice, cinnamon, and nutmeg into the browned butter. Taste for balance.
- Spoon the brown-butter sauce over each pear, letting it pool in the hollowed cores.
- Roast for 20–25 minutes until edges caramelize and the flesh yields to a gentle fork.
- During the last 3 minutes, baste pears with pan juices and sprinkle with toasted nuts.
- Finish with flaky sea salt and thyme leaves before serving.
Notes
For optimal flavors, use ripe but firm pears. Toast nuts just before assembly. Store leftovers in the fridge for up to 3 days.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Roasting
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 pear half
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 20g
- Sodium: 60mg
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 34g
- Fiber: 4g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 30mg