Ingredients
50g butter, chopped - plus extra to grease
6 beurre bosc pears, halved, cored with stem attached
1/4 cup brown sugar, plus 2 Tbsp extra
1 tsp vanilla bean paste
125ml thickened cream
2 Tbsp golden syrup
Method
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Preheat oven to 20 degrees Celsius fan-forced or 220 degrees Celsius for conventional. Grease the base of a 25cm round roasting pan with butter.
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Arrange pears in roasting pan in a single layer, cut side up. Scatter with butter and brown sugar, then drizzle over vanilla. Roasted - uncovered- for 25 minutes. Turn over and roast for a further 15 minutes or until pears appear almost tender.
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Gently remove pears from pan and set aside. Add cream, golden syrup and extra brown sugar to pan and whisk until combined. return to oven for a further 15 minutes, or until sauce is golden brown and caramelised. Then return pears to dish. Serve hot.