BAKED PEARS

Ingredients:

• 4 small to medium pears, just ripe 
• 2 tsp melted coconut or avocado oil 
• 3-4 Tbsp coconut sugar (or sub organic cane sugar / sub up to half with stevia to taste*)
• 2 Tbsp maple syrup
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/8 tsp nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp ground ginger (or sub fresh)
• 1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
• 2 Tbsp lemon juice
• Optional: vanilla yogurt or ice-cream for topping

Method:

1.  Preheat oven to 180°C and set out a 23×33 cm (or similar size) baking dish.

2.  Halve pears and remove core. Place cut-side up in your baking dish.

3.  Top evenly with oil, coconut sugar, maple syrup, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, apple cider vinegar, and lemon juice.

4.  Flip pears cut-side down and bake for 20-30 minutes (uncovered) or until tender. Then remove from oven, flip cut-side up, and bake for an additional 5 minutes to slightly caramelized the tops.

5.  Enjoy as is or with vanilla yogurt or ice-cream. Drizzle with the remaining "caramel sauce" left over in the pan for extra flavour and decadence.