Californian baked pears

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Californian baked pears
serves 4
ingredients
25g/1oz butter
1 teaspoon granulated sugar
grated zest of 1⁄2 lemon
4 dessert pears
300g/11oz canned fruit cocktail
in syrup
1⁄2 teaspoon mixed spice

• Preheat the oven to 190°C/
375°F/Gas mark 5.
• Melt the butter in a flameproof
casserole dish. Add the sugar and
lemon zest. Peel the pears, and
turn in this mixture. Cover and
bake for 30 minutes.
• Add the fruit cocktail and its syrup,
and sprinkle with the mixed spice.
Return to the oven for 10 minutes.
• Lift the pears out onto warmed
plates. Stir the fruit cocktail well
into the pan juices. Spoon around
the pears, and serve immediately.

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