Roasted Salt and Pepper Pears

Prep	Cooking	Serves
10 mins	45 mins	6 Adults

Ingredients

• 6 ripe, William pears
• 2tsp cracked black pepper
• 6tsp caster sugar
• 1tsp sea salt
• 5tbsp cider vinegar
• 2 pumps of Fussels Extra Virgin Rapeseed Oil per pear half

Method

Preheat the oven to 200C, 400F, Gas 6.

Peel, half and core the pears and lay in a roasting tray cut side up.

Place the pepper, sugar and salt in a small bowl and mix well together. Scatter over the pears.

Drizzle over the cider vinegar, add 2 pumps of the rapeseed oil per pear half and spoon over 3tbsp cold water.

Roast in the oven for 25 minutes.

Remove tray from oven and turn the pears over, drizzle over 3tbsp cold water and return to the oven for 15-20 minutes until pears are golden and tender.

Serve the pears warm on a platter with goats’ cheese, crumbled feta or air-cured ham.