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. 1Preheat the oven to 200 degrees C
2. 2Place all the ingredients in a roasting tray and toss to coat
3. 3Cover with foil and roast for 25 minutes
4. 4Remove the foil and roast for another 50 - 60 minutes until caramelised and golden
5. 5Serve warm or at room temperature with vanilla ice cream