Baked Butternut And Pears

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 400 g butternut pumpkin
• 1 (200 g) packet dried pear halves
• 1/3 cup water
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• fresh ground black pepper
• 2 teaspoons brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon butter

Recipe

• 1 cut the pumpkin into 1 cm slices, trim off skin.
• 2 place in a shallow, rectangular, ovenproof dish, overlapping alternitavely with the pears.
• 3 drizzle in the water, making sure all surface area is moistened.
• 4 sprinkle with salt, pepper and brown sugar.
• 5 dot the butter over the surface.
• 6 cover with foil, sealing around the edges.
• 7 place in a preheated moderate oven and cook 30 minutes.
• 8 remove the foil and return the dish to the oven, uncovered, continue to cook a further 10 minutes, or until the pears and pumpkin are caremelized on top.