Simple Baked Pears with Vanilla Ice Cream and Passion Fruit

Ingredients:

-        4 ripe Bosc pears

-        1 good size lemon

-        2 tablespoons Grand Marnier

-        3 – 4 tablespoons soft brown sugar

-        2 passion fruits

-        Vanilla Ice Cream

Method:

1.      Preheat the oven to 170C or 340F, for convection oven, 160C or 320F.

2.      Peel the Bosc pears and take the core out from the bottom, slightly trim the bottom so that the pears can stand properly. Place the pears in a roasting tin or ovenproof dish.

3.      Squeeze the lemon and drain the juice, pour them evenly on top of the pears and leave some to “rinse” the cavity where the cores were.

4.      Pour the Grand Marnier evenly on each pear, sprinkle about 1 tablespoon of soft brown sugar evenly on each pear. Lay the pear down on one side so that part of the pear is in the lemon juice and Grand Marnier.

5.      Put the pear in the middle of the preheated oven for 15 minutes, then turn the pears to the other side and cook for another 15 minutes.

6.      Meanwhile, cut the passion fruits in halves and scoop out the seed and the content.

7.      When the pears are ready, stand each one on the side of a serving plate and scoop some Vanilla Ice cream and top with the passion fruit. Spoon some of the juice from the roasting tin on the pear before serving.

Hint:

-        Ripe Bosc pear is best for this recipe, both in taste and texture

-        When choosing passion fruit, try to pick the crinkled ones, they are riper and therefore sweeter