Pears Roasted in Cider

Ingredients

• 8 pears (halved)
• 340 ml pear cider (room temperature)
• 200 g demerera sugar
• 50 g butter (chopped)
• 6 sprigs of thyme
• 3 bay leaves
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 vanilla bean (split and seeds scraped .)
• 1 tsp sea salt

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 200 degrees C

2. 2

   Place all the ingredients in a roasting tray and toss to coat

3. 3

   Cover with foil and roast for 25 minutes

4. 4

   Remove the foil and roast for another 50 - 60 minutes until caramelised and golden

5. 5

   Serve warm or at room temperature with vanilla ice cream