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This simple recipe is a good way of serving the hard cooking pears found in many Dorset country gardens.

Ingredients

• ½ pint cider

• 1 oz soft brown sugar

• 6 pears, peeled, halved, and cored

• 1 oz butter

• Chopped walnuts for sprinkling

Method

1. Set oven to 350F or mark 4.

2. In a saucepan, dissolve the sugar in the cider over a low heat, bring to the boil and cook for 5 minutes to make syrup.

3. Arrange the pears in an oven proof dish and pour the syrup over them, dot with butter, cover and cook in the oven for 30 to 40 minutes until the pears are tender.

4. Cool, sprinkle with walnuts and serve with clotted cream.

Courtesy of the “Favourite Dorset Recipes” compiled by Amanda Persey and published by J. Salmon Ltd.