Baked Pears With Coconut Spice Filling Recipe - Cooking Index
Baked Pears With Coconut Spice Filling Recipe - Cooking Index
The Times Test Kitchen used underripe Comice pears here (the round, greenish-yellow variety), which held their shape during cooking and produced a nice buttery flavor. Other good winter pears for baking include the Anjou, Bosc and Nelis varieties
Type: Fruit| 2 | Pears - peeled, halved, and cored | |
| 1/2 cup | 46g / 1.6oz | Shredded coconut |
| 2 tablespoons | 30ml | Brown sugar - (packed) |
| 1/2 teaspoon | 2.5ml | Ground cinnamon |
Place pears cut-side up in baking dish. Combine coconut, brown sugar and cinnamon. Place 2 tablespoons filling in each pear half. Bake at 350 degrees until tender and bubbly, about 30 minutes.
Each serving: 124 calories; 32 mg sodium; 0 cholesterol; 4 grams fat; 23 grams carbohydrates; 1 gram protein; 1.42 grams fiber.
Source:
"The Los Angeles Times, 12-15-1999"
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