Fresh pears with spicy yam topping

6 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
4 Bosc pears
6 tablespoons Butter or margarine
1 can Cut yams (16 oz.),drained
½ teaspoon Orange peel, grated
⅛ teaspoon Ground cinnamon
dash Salt
2 tablespoons Brown sugar, packed

Directions

Pare, core and slice 1 pear; saute in 4 tb. butter or margarine for abt. 10 min. Puree in food processor or blender with yams, orange peel, cinnamon and salt. Halve and core the remaining 3 pears.

Place pears, cut side up, in a buttered shallow baking dish. Pipe about ¼ cup yam mixture into center of each pear healf, using a pastry bag with large star tip. Dot each with about 1 tsp. butter or margarine.

Sprinkle each with 1 tsp. brown sugar. Bake, uncovered, in preheated 350 F. oven for about 30 minutes or until pears are tender.

Serve as dessert or as a side dish with roast beef or pork.

NOTE: Yam mixture may be mounded into the center of pear halves with a soup spoon or ice cream scoop.

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