Baked Pears with Cream

Serves 4

4 pears, use Anjou or another firm baking pear
1 tbsp.sugar
8 tbsp. cream
2 tbsp. butter

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Peel each pear, cut in half lenghtwise, and remove seeds.

2. Generously butter a glass baking dish just large enough to hold the pears. Sprinkle dish with half the sugar.

3. Put pears cut side down in the dish, radiating from the center. Sprinkle with remaining sugar and bake for 20 minutes.

4. Remove pears from oven. Pour cream over the pears and return to over for 15 minutes. Serve pears hot from the oven.

Recipe from my friend Alfreda Baroni.