Balsamic-Roasted Pears with Pepper and Honey

Ingredients

• Butter

  Unsalted

  2 tbsp or 28g

• Goat cheese

  Semisoft type

  4 oz or 113g

• Honey

  ¼ cup or 85g

• Balsamic vinegar

  3 tbsp or 48g

• Pears

  Asian, raw

  2 fruit 3-3/8" high x 3" diameter or 550g

Directions

1. Cut goat cheese into (4) 1 ounce cubes.
2. Halve the pears lengthwise and remove the cores.
3. Preheat oven to 400F.
4. Melt butter in an 8-inch square glass baking dish in middle of oven, about 3 minutes.
5. Arrange pears, cut sides down, in 1 layer in butter and roast in middle of oven until tender, about 20 minutes.
6. Pour vinegar over pears and roast 5 minutes more.
7. Transfer pears, cut sides down, to serving plates with cheese and spoon some of juices from baking dish over pears. Drizzle pears and cheese with honey and sprinkle with pepper.

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